Dobkowski v. Lowe's, Inc.

On February 3, 1971 a two-truck accident occurred in Monroe County between a van-type truck driven by Alphonse Dobkowski and a tractor-trailer unit driven by Byford Miller. Both drivers were killed in the accident. Dobkowski’s truck had been traveling in a northerly direction, and the Miller vehicle was being driven in a southerly direction before the collision. There were no eye-witnesses to the accident.

The plaintiff-appellee, the administratrix of the estate of Alphonse Dobkowski, brought suit to recover damages for the wrongful death of Alphonse Dobkowski against Lowe’s Inc., Miller’s…