Hobbs-Western Co. v. Carmical

On the night of April 17, 1934, Glen Carmical, while driving an automobile, his left arm resting in the open window with his elbow extending outside, met a truck loaded with cross-ties coming from the opposite direction. As the vehicles were passing each other, Carmical’s elbow came in contact with one of the cross-ties. The impact shattered the elbow resulting in the subsequent amputation of his arad. One, Archie Williams, was the driver of the truck, and John Westmoreland, axx agent of Hobbs-Western Company, was riding in the cab with the driver axid Charlie Hollis, these three being oxx…