Hurley v. Peebles

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This appeal involves attempted imputation of negligence in a suit for personal injuries sustained by a back seat passenger in the rear car of a rear end collision.

Early on the morning of September 20, 1960, about 5:00 A.M., a car driven by Alpheus Hubbard going south on Highway 17 collided with the rear of a truck near Shoffner eleven miles south of Newport. The truck was being driven by Donaciano Vasquez, an employee of W. F. “Buck” Hurley (who-has since.died). Passengers in the Hubbard car were appellee Edward Eugene Peebles and Joe F. Stobaugh. Hubbard and…