Boward v. Leftwich

The issue in this case is whether the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict against appellant, based on a charge of willful or wanton negligence on the part of the driver of his truck in causing the death of George Leftwich, appellee’s decedent.

The action was brought against Boward, trading as J. C. Boward Truck line, and Cecil R. Mitchell. Mitchell, Boward’s employee, was driving Boward’s tractor-trailer truck loaded at Covington with oil in drums for delivery in Pittsburgh. The truck weighed 18,000 pounds and its cargo 23,750 pounds. Mitchell had had twelve to fifteen years’…