Frechin v. Thornton

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

In this action plaintiff sought to recover $30,000 for personal injuries sustained when the Studebaker automobile in which she was a passenger ran off the highway and overturned. The casualty occurred on U. S. Highway 71 by-pass about three miles north of Harrisonville, Missouri, at a point where a county gravel road runs east from said highway. As the southbound Studebaker approached the said intersection it was following a milk truck owned by the defendant. Plaintiff contended that the Studebaker was forced off the east side of the highway when the truck stopped…