Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. Shiver

RAWLS, Judge.

The Railway Company, defendant below, has appealed a judgment based upon a verdict awarding plaintiff Grace Shiver damages for the wrongful death of her husband, who died as a result of a train-truck collision.

The only question for consideration on this appeal is whether the negligence of the truck driver is imputed to his passenger, Shiver, who was his supervisor.

The wrongful death occurred in a collision between one of defendant’s trains and a Seven-Up Bottling Company truck. The several actions arising from this collision were tried simultaneously before the same jury. The…