Norman v. Scrivner-Stevens Co.

Presented herein is an appeal from a judgment rendered in defendant’s favor upon the pleadings and opening statement of plaintiff’s counsel, in an action brought by plaintiff to recover damages for the death of her husband, alleged to have resulted from defendant’s negligence.

Plaintiff alleged that her husband, employed by defendants as a truck driver, was sent out in a heavily loaded truck with defective brakes to cover a route requiring some 15 hours time without any assistant or helper, and which necessitated his return at night over a heavily traveled highway, which condition was known to…