Robinson v. Melton Truck Lines, Inc.

HEARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a personal injury and property damage action arising from a collision between a 1964 Dodge Dart and a tractor-trailer truck. Mrs. Gladys Robinson, owner of the Dart, and her guest passenger, Mrs. Cynthia Hammontree Davis, collided with a truck leased to Melton Truck Lines, Inc., and being driven by Melton’s employee, Clemmie Dan Harris.

The accident occurred on Louisiana Highway No. 7 two-tenths of a mile south of Minden at 5:40 P.M. on December 9, 1967. Visibility was hampered by darkness and a misting rain. The collision site is 180 to 190 feet south of a…