Cohran v. Douglasville Concrete Products, Inc.

Carley, Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, was driving his car along the highway when he observed the appellee’s truck protruding from a driveway into the lane of oncoming traffic. As he approached the truck, appellant began to merge into the adjoining lane so as to avoid a collision and believed that he had done so successfully. However, as appellant pulled even with the stationary — but protruding — truck and attempted to pass it, he was "surprised” when a collision between the two vehicles occurred. His car had struck a bumper and boom which extended some feet in front of the body of the…