Stanfield v. Laccoarce

Plaintiff brought this action for damages arising out of an accident in which the defendant Roy Laccoarce’s truck collided with an automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

The accident occurred on November 26,1975, at the crest of Camas Mountain in Douglas County. Roy Laccoarce was returning from a trip to Roseburg to his home in Camas Valley. The time was late afternoon, it was dark, and light rain was falling. Roy had passed two or three other vehicles going up the grade, and his speed was estimated at 70 miles per hour.…