Transportation Corp. v. Lenox Trucking, Inc.

Were plaintiffs entitled to a directed verdict fixing liability for the collision on the defendant?

The collision occurred before sunrise at approximately 5:30 a. m. on Wednesday, December 3, 1958, on the Foster bridge on U. S. route 22 and state route 3 (being the same highway), some three miles northeast of the county line dividing Hamilton and Warren counties. It was foggy, and the highway was wet, with snow patches here and there, but the tractor-trailer drivers testified that the road was not generally slippery. The T.C.I. tractor-trailer, proceeding in a general northeasterly direction…