Culbertson v. Johnson Motor Lines, Inc.

Martin, Jr., Acting Associate Justice.

This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas, Laurens County, by the administrator of the estate of de ceased, under the Wrongful Death Statute, Code 1952, § 10-1951 et seq., against the defendant Johnson Motor Lines, Inc. The plaintiff alleges two principal specifications of negligence. Simply stated, it is alleged that the driver of defendant’s tractor-trailer committed a negligent and reckless act in suddenly turning on bright lights into the face of an oncoming car and also that its driver failed to comply with the statutory law with reference…