Mlinar v. Olson Transportation Co.

It is the contention of counsel for the plaintiffs on this appeal that there was sufficient credible evidence in the record to support a jury finding of negligence upon the part of the defendant Bretl, both as to lookout and management and control, and, therefore, it was error on the part of the learned trial court to have directed a verdict for the defendants.

With respect to the issue of lookout, it was the testimony of Bretl that he first observed the approaching Buick when the tractor-trailer combination was entering the north overpass and that the Buick was then 300 to 500 feet distant.…