Reisch v. M & D TERMINALS, INC.

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

This consolidated appeal arose out of a single vehicle accident. There is also a cross-appeal. We will set forth the specific facts which are pertinent to the various issues raised as we discuss those issues, but the basic facts which gave rise to the litigation are as follows.

Orla Reisch was a track driver for-M & D Terminals, Inc. On a day in April 1988, Orla’s wife, Carol, agreed to accompany him on a trip for his employer from Phoenix to Tuba City. Orla was driving a tractor pulling double trailers. On a downgrade north of Flagstaff in a heavy rain, Orla passed…