Ackermann v. Hicks

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

This action for damages for alleged negligence arose from a collision in a street intersection in Red Bud, Illinois, between an automobile driven by plaintiff Roy Ackermann, in which plaintiff Tillie Ackermann was a passenger, and a trailer truck owned by defendant Robert Hicks and driven by one Pettie. In their complaint plaintiffs alleged negligence by Hicks and Pettie, and also by the Kroger Company (hereinafter often called Kroger), the owner of a truck parked near the intersection at the time of the collision. Defendant Hicks cross-claimed against Kroger and…