Blair v. Consolidated Freight Co.

This is an action at law brought to recover damages claimed to have been suffered as a result of collision between a tractor with attached trailer, owned by defendant and driven by defendant’s agent, Robert Pittsford, and a 1938 Plymouth coach automobile owned and driven by plaintiff Burt Blair.

Plaintiffs claim that Pittsford’s sole negligence caused the collision. Defendant claims the collision was caused by the sole negligence of plaintiff Blair.

Plaintiff Blair had been without sleep for 22 hours at the time of the accident. After working all day on November 22, 1946, he left the city of…