Horton v. Travelers Insurance Co.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The original plaintiffs are six guest passengers in an automobile which struck the rear end of a large tank truck. The defendants are Garland Williams, driver of the automobile, Scurlock Oil Company, owner of the truck, and the latter’s insurer, The Travelers Insurance Company.

The district judge held the driver of the Scurlock Oil Company truck was free of negligence and that the accident was caused solely by the fault of Williams. However, the court found that all of the plaintiff…