Schneider v. Midwest Coast Transport, Inc.

This is an action for damages arising out of a collision between a car and a transport truck-trailer unit.

On December 12, 1954, plaintiffs were proceeding east in their car on U. S. Highway 10, approaching the last long grade to the summit of Snoqualmie Pass. Mr. Schneider was driving; his wife was sitting in the front seat. There was a mixture of snow, slush, and ice on the highway. As they were crossing the Denny creek bridge in their proper driving lane, the left-front portion of their car was struck by the left-front portion of a westbound transport truck-trailer unit driven by defendant…