Thompson v. Piasta

DUNN, Judge:

On September 29, 1977, on Breckenridge Lane in Jefferson County, appellee, Doris Piasta, was operating a 1969 Chevrolet truck, owned by Gertrude Cook. She had been stopped for 5 to 10 minutes, the 6th or 8th vehicle in a line of traffic, awaiting the passage of a freight train passing ahead. Appellee, Marcia K. Utley, was the driver of an automobile that was and had been stopped immediately behind Piasta. Appellant, Mary M. Thompson, drove an automobile into the rear of the Utley vehicle propelling it into the rear of the truck operated by Piasta.

Piasta sued both Thompson and…