Willoughby v. Moyer

This action was brought by plaintiff as administrator of her deceased husband’s estate under the Wrongful Death Act to recover damages for his death occasioned by the alleged negligence of defendant in the operation of a truck on the highway.

The cause arose out of a collision between a State truck driven by John E. Moyer and a semitrailer driven by the decedent Ralph Willoughby. The semitrailer crashed into the rear of the State truck and Willoughby died in the crash. Both the semitrailer and the State truck left the highway and into a small ditch to the west of the lane in which the…