Tri-City Van & Storage Co. v. Slone

STEINFELD, Chief Justice.

This is the second appeal to this court by appellants Tri-City Van and Storage Company, Inc., and James A. Thompson, the driver of one of its trucks. Both had unsuccessfully defended consolidated damage actions for wrongful death and personal injuries arising from a highway accident. Appellees claimed Thompson negligently caused William Slone to lose his life when the Tri-City truck driven by Thompson sideswiped Slone’s automobile, which precipitated a second collision with an automobile driven by Dayton Joseph, Jr. The occupants of the latter vehicle were Joseph’s…