Larson v. Stadelman Fruit, Inc.

Plaintiffs sued for the damages sustained when their car was struck in the rear by a truck driven by defendant Aichele and owned by defendant Stadelman Fruit, Inc.

At the close of plaintiffs’ case, the trial court granted a judgment of non-suit on the ground that plaintiffs were contributorily negligent as a matter of law by stopping their vehicle on the highway in violation of RCW 46.48.290 [cf. Rem. Rev. Stat., Vol. 7A, § 6360-110], The plaintiffs appeal.

The accident occurred at about 4:30 p. m., October 18, 1956, on U. S. highway 410 between Sunnyside and Granger, approximately two hundred…