Porto v. Consolidated Motor Lines, Inc.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries done to a truck owned by her when it was struck by a truck of the defendant, and from a judgment for the latter she has appealed. The accident occurred in the nighttime when it was very dark, and the conclusion of the trial court that the driver of the plaintiff’s truck was negligent in leaving it parked upon the highway without proper lights was supported by the subordinate facts, which cannot be corrected in any way material to this issue. The substantial claim of the plaintiff is that, despite such negligence, the defendant…