Langton v. International Transport, Inc.

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff initiated this action to recover for personal injuries and property damage sustained in a motor vehicle collision. Defendant’s agent was driving a trailer truck northerly on a collector road of Interstate Highway IS. The driver heard an explosive sound and water and steam poured forth from the truck. The driver pulled the truck into the emergency lane on the overpass; this lane was only 5 feet 4 inches wide and the truck was 8 feet wide. There was good visibility; it was daytime; the road was dry and clear. The collector road had two lanes both in a…