Cargo Truck Leasing Co. v. Piper

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a case in which the rights of appellant became lost in a maze of procedural complexities, in part attributable to consolidation for trial of three cases arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

Clyde Daws, an employee of appellee, lost his life in a collision between two tractor trailer trucks. One was driven by Daws and the other by an employee of the William Bonnell Company. Bonnell had leased its truck from appellant, but appellant was in no way responsible for its operation and by directed verdict was absolved of liability to any parties in the respective suits.

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