State ex rel. Crawford v. Indemnity Underwriters Insurance Co.

OPINION

BUETTNER, Judge:

¶ 1 Carlton and Sondra Stokes were granted a judgment against Danny J. Truitt (Truitt) for damages which resulted when the bucket of a baekhoe swung out onto the highway, hitting the car in which they were traveling. Truitt and his employer had been working in Tulsa removing snow from parking lots. At dusk that evening, Truitt was driving his employer’s dump truck, pulling a tandem-axle trailer upon which sat the backhoe. The employer lived near Tahlequah, off of State Highway 51. Truitt was unable to negotiate the employer’s driveway because of the ice and snow. The…