Southwestern Motor Carriers, Inc. v. Nash

This action was instituted by Florence Nash, the surviving wife of George Washington (Jack) Nash, deceased, to recover damages for his alleged wrongful death from Southwestern Motor Carriers, Inc., Pennsylvania Casualty Company, its insurance carrier, Russell Williams, one of the defendant’s bus drivers, and H. J. Jeffries, d/b/a H. J. Jeffries Truck Lines, Employers Casualty Company, his in surance carrier, and Charlie Payne, one of his truck drivers. Liability of the defendants was predicated upon alleged acts of concurrent negligence, but as the jury found for the truck line and its driver…