Gruntz v. Millis Transfer Inc.

BAER, J.,

This is a tragic case where all involved have lost too much. John R. Gruntz was driving at 1980 Toyota Corolla with his passenger Dean E. Miller on a West Virginia highway. Defendant John H. Fieg II was driving a tractor-trailer owned by defendant, *113Millis Transfer Inc., in the same direction on the same highway. Gruntz passed Fieg in the left (passing lane) of the highway, and was beginning to return to the right lane, when Gruntz apparently saw a deer on the road in front of him. He slammed on his brakes and Fieg’s tractor-trailer hit and rolled over the back of Gruntz’s Toyota…