Maurine Huse, and Albert Huse, Parents and Next of Kin of David Huse, Deceased, and James Huse v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc.

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, rendered after a jury trial, based upon claims for damages growing out of a collision between an automobile driven by plaintiffs’ decedent, David Huse, and a tractor and semi-trailer unit owned by defendant and driven by its employee, Roy Wal-ther. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship.

The collision occurred August 9, 1953, about 5:30 A.M., on a clear morning, about four miles south of Sauk City, Wisconsin, on U. S. Highway 12. The paved portion of the highway was blacktop, twenty-two feet in width on…