Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. v. Stevens

The jury, by its verdict, rejected defendant operator’s testimony that while her car, preparatory to turning, was stopped in its proper lane, plaintiff’s tractor-trailer, approaching from the opposite direction, after sudden application of its brakes left the pavement on its own side and overturned. In accepting the version tendered by plaintiff’s operator, the jury very likely gave controlling weight to a report of accident made by a Deputy Sheriff, who did not testify, which was identified by the testimony of the Undersheriff who said that it was an accident report, “ a usual form made out…