Kowalski v. Eldridge

FARMER, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action arising from a collision between a fire truck and an automobile.

Norcross Road in Hamilton County is a two-lane road, twenty-six feet in width with narrow shoulders varying from three inches to fourteen inches. Gregory Kowal-ski was traveling northbound on this road at a speed between thirty and forty miles per hour when a fire truck, en route to a house fire, approached him from behind traveling between forty and sixty miles per hour.

Four witnesses testified to seeing the Kowalski car slow on the approach of the fire truck. Three of these…