Thompson v. Southern Michigan Transportation Co.

Marion Thompson, who sued by her general guardian, was injured October 10, 1930, on State trunk line highway No. 21, west of Owosso, while driving westerly, in an Oakland coupe, on her way to Ovid, by running into the rear of one of defendant’s trucks standing on the north side of the highway. The morning was foggy. Defendant claims its motor, truck went wrong and the driver thereof was compelled to stop; that he hung a warning lantern and set a flare back of the truck and went to Owosso for help. The accident occurred after daylight, while the driver of the truck was gone. Plaintiff’s…