Burns v. U & R Express

Earl Burns brought this action for personal injury and property damages arising out of a collision between Burns’ fuel delivery truck and a U & R Express chip truck driven by Larry Woll. U & R Express counterclaimed for damages to its truck. Burns appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of the defendant on its counterclaim.

The accident occurred on the afternoon of November 8, 1977, on Highway No. 202 near Troy, Montana, in Lincoln County. Burns was making fuel deliveries, proceeding at a speed of about 20 miles per hour and intending to make a left-hand turn from the…