Wheaton Van Lines, Inc. v. Williams

Osro Cobb, Justice.

Appellees were injured in a highway accident occurring in the nighttime on Highway 79 in Lee County. They were driving East and stopped their vehicle in time to avoid a collision with a disabled van truck which they encountered resting in such a position as to block traffic in both directions. The van driver, Edmond James Gier, testified, by use of his deposition at the trial, that at the time of the accident he had on his truck a supply of warning flares and pots with kerosene wicks, all in good working order, and that he was under standing instructions by his employer to…