State v. Halladay

—In the early morning hours of December 31, 1968, a tractor-trailer collided with a panel truck in the west-bound lanes of Interstate 70, just south of New Castle, Indiana. The collision caused extensive damage to a state-owned bridge, which prompted the State of Indiana to initiate this lawsuit. The State sought $8,380.50 in damages from Donald A. Halladay, the tractor-trailer operator, and asserted liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior against both Interstate Motor Lines, Inc., Halladay’s employer, and Randolph Growers, Inc., the alleged owner of the panel truck. At the close…