National Trailer Convoy, Inc. v. Saul

BLACKBIRD, Vice Chief Justice.

The defendant in error is the surviving widow of Dean Thomas Saul, who was fatally injured in his sedan’s collision with a ¾-ton “bob tail” Chevrolet truck, on the Will Rogers Turnpike, after midnight and early in the morning of November 27th, 1958. The truck, having double rear wheels, and being of the type commonly used for pulling trailers, and referred to as a “tractor”, was stopped on said Turnpike, with its lights turned off, and without a proper signal, or flare, to warn motorists of its presence. In the cab of the truck was its driver, Alva Milo Wix, who…