Garrigan v. LaSalle Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

This is the second appeal of this case and is taken by plaintiff. First appeal was by defendant. Judgment for plaintiff was reversed January 9,1961, on a question not involved in the present appeal; a new trial was ordered. Garrigan v. LaSalle Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 362 Mich 262. The facts are set forth in great detail in that opinion. Suffice it to say here that plaintiff’s truck, loaded with 7 tons of used automobile batteries, collided with the rear of defendant’s truck shortly after defendant’s truck had passed plaintiff’s and defendant “had rapidly decelerated to make a right turn.”

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