Smith v. Oregon Agricultural Trucking Ass'n

This is an action by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries she sustained when the vehicle in which she was a passenger struck the rear end of defendant’s truck. It is alleged that both vehicles were proceeding in a southerly direction on N. Vancouver Way in Portland, Oregon. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to signal its intent to slow or stop and in operating a truck with inadequate taillights and stop signal lights. Defendant filed a general denial. The jury returned a verdict for defendant and plaintiff appeals.

*158Plaintiff assigns as error the trial court’s…