Grasberger v. Liebert & Obert, Inc.

.Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

Rietheimer leased a truck to Liebert & Obert, Inc. on a weekly basis, together with a driver whom Rietheimer hired and paid. The truck was used by the lessee to make deliveries of beer. Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was hit and injured by it, and brought suit against Liebert & Obert, Inc. The latter denied that it controlled the operation of . the truck and summoned Rietheimer as additional defendant on the ground that he alone was liable because he had exclusive authority over the driver. The case went to the jury, which brought in a verdict of $3,500 against…