Mennis v. Highland Trucking, Inc.

This is an action for damages for injuries suffered in a collision between plaintiff’s pickup truck and a log truck owned by defendant Highland Trucking, Inc., and driven by defendant Emerson. A jury returned a verdict for defendants and the trial court granted plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. Defendants appeal.

The accident occurred on June 10, 1969, on a narrow, single-lane mountain road near the Detroit reservoir, with two tracks in the gravel marking the route of traffic. The plaintiff was driving his empty pickup in a southerly direction and defendant Emerson was driving a loaded log…