Hill v. C. & E. Constr. Co., Inc.

This is an appeal from a final judgment upon a verdict in consolidated actions for personal injuries to respondent driver Hill and property damage to a tractor-trailer combination owned by respondent Williams and driven by Hill.

The scene of the accident was a canyon hillside on the Ellensburg-Yakima highway. Appellants’ driver, Covey, was southbound in a truck with “lowboy” attached on' which a derrick was loaded. The derrick lost its moorings and swung across the northbound lane of the highway whereupon appellants’ driver stopped, blocking both lanes of traffic.

Respondent driver Hill was…