Ward Anderson Movers v. State

Burks* J.

This is a claim for damages to claimant’s tractor trailer which ran into a ditch after its driver lost control of his vehicle as he was attempting to pass a snowplow operated by the respondent. Claimant alleged and proved that respondent’s snowplow turned from the right lane into and across the left lane in front of claimant’s vehicle and that the latter thereupon turned sharply to the right to avoid a collision. In making this sharp right turn, claimant’s vehicle jackknifed and came to rest in the ditch on the side of the highway.

The complaint was filed on February 24,1967, exactly…