Hartwell v. Volunteers of America

This is an appeal of a decision of the common pleas court granting defendant-appellee’s motion for summary judgment.

On October 8, 1976, plaintiffs-appellants filed a complaint in the trial court alleging that on December 24,1975, plaintiff, Barbara Hartwell, was injured as a result of a collision with a truck owned by defendant, which was driven at that time by an employee acting within the course and scope of his employment. Pretrial discovery by both parties was conducted in the form of interrogatories and trial was set for October 2, 1978. On October 4, 1978, the trial court ordered, by…