Zinn v. Tobin Packing Co., Inc.

These cases arise by reason of a complaint initially filed by the plaintiff-appellee Zinn against the defendant-appellant Tobin Packing Company (Tobin). Plaintiff Zinn, administratrix of the decedent’s estate, sought damages for defendant Tobin’s negligence arising out of a head-on collision on May 21, 1976, on U.S. Route 9 in Searsburg, Vermont. The collision was between a tractor and tank trailer owned by Merrill Transport Company and operated by the decedent Zinn and a tractor-trailer operated by the defendant Tobin’s employee in which another employee was a passenger. The tractor-trailer…