Schaefer v. D & J Produce, Inc.

Plaintiffs decedent received personal injuries and died therefrom as a result of an accident at the intersection of Ohio Rt. 113 and U. S. 250. The accident occurred when a truck driven by defendant James A. Beese and owned by defendant D & J Produce, Inc., failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with the vehicle driven by plaintiffs decedent. At the time of the accident, Beese was returning to the terminal of D & J Produce after having been dispatched by D & J to pick up corn which was brokered to D & J Produce by defendant Charles Nickels, Inc.

Plaintiff alleged that prior to the accident…