Hammerstone v. Rose

WIEAND, Judge:

Joseph S. Hammerstone, appellee, was the owner of a Volkswagen' which, while lawfully parked in the City of Easton, was damaged by a welding trailer which broke loose and fell from a passing truck. Upon the trial of an action to recover damages from C.D.B., Inc., the owner of the truck, appellee showed that the hitch and safety chain holding the welding trailer had broken when the truck traversed a “dip” in the road. The trial court, which heard the case without a jury, found that the owner of the truck had been negligent and entered an adjudication awarding damages to the owner…