Livestock Transportation, Inc. v. Ashbaugh

This is a negligence case involving a collision between defendant’s car and plaintiffs’ truck. The jury found defendant 74 percent negligent, and judgment was entered against him for $34,953. He appeals.

Don and Tami Jarvi are joint venturers with Livestock Transportation, Inc., which is in the business of hauling cattle. The corporation leases the truck from the Jarvis, who drive it for the corporation. On the morning of November 19, 1979, the Jarvis loaded the truck’s trailer with cattle in Suplee and drove to John Day, where they stopped for about an hour for lunch. Afterward, they were…