Stevens v. Wetterau Foods, Inc.

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs husband and wife brought their petition against defendants driver and owner, under respondeat superior, for personal injury to the husband and for the consequential loss of services to the wife. Plaintiff husband by arm signals had assisted defendant driver in backing his tractor-trailer along a slight declivity to the side door of the grocery store where plaintiff was employed. In the course of this maneuver, plaintiff’s right arm was pinned between the rear of the truck and the wall of the building. The defendant driver, who had already dismounted from…