Mrs. H. W. Wilson, as Administratrix of the Estate of William Lynch Foster, Deceased v. Marshall Enterprises and Ulysses Breazeale

A collision between a northbound truck and a southbound Volkswagen on a South Carolina highway resulted in the death of the driver of the latter vehicle. A jury in the District Court found its verdict in favor of the administratrix of the decedent against the owner and the operator of the truck.

Several persons testified to observations made by them at and near the scene shortly after the accident. When the vehicles came to rest after the collision the truck and the Volkswagen were locked together on the shoulder of the southbound (the Volkswagen’s) traffic lane. There was evidence, from the…