Western Packing Co. v. Visser

Plaintiff, Western Packing Company, Inc., appeals from a judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of defendants in an action resulting from a traffic accident. The Department of Labor and Industries, a party plaintiff at trial, has not joined in the instant appeal; nor have the defendants cross-appealed.

On September 20, 1971, at approximately 6:30 p.m., defendant William Visser (referred to hereafter as the sole defendant) proceeded out of his private driveway driving a farm tractor and pulling a “mint distiller,” a trailer about 8 feet in height. He entered State Highway 241, a two-lane road,…