Thompson v. Pioneer Laundry Co.

The plaintiff, who was riding as a guest in a truck operated by cross-defendant Gruber, was injured when the Gruber ear collided with a laundry delivery truck operated by the defendant Kennedy in behalf of his employer the Pioneer Laundry Company. The latter filed a cross-complaint against Gruber for damages for injury to the laundry truck. In a trial of the cause to a jury the defendants had a verdict against the plaintiff, and the cross-complainant had a verdict against Gruber covering the property damage. The trial court granted plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the grounds of…