Ruan Transport Corporation v. Jacobs

MASON, Justice.

This is an action at law for property damage to a tractor truck unit owned by plaintiff, Ruan Transport Corporation, alleged to have been sustained as a result of a collision with a 1965 Mercury Comet automobile owned and being driven by defendant, Donald Eugene Jacobs. Plaintiff’s theory of recovery was based on defendant’s alleged negligence in one or more of eight specifications as a proximate cause of the collision. Defendant asserted negligence of the driver of plaintiff’s truck as a complete defense.

Defendant’s motion for directed verdict made at the close of plaintiff’s…