HJ Heinz Company v. Ashley

CODY, Justice.

This is a suit by Lamar Ashley against H. J. Heinz Company and Marvin Batie, one of its truck drivers, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on September -14, 1953, near Bay7 town as a result of a collision between an automobile driven by him and a truck driven by defendant Batie in the course of his employment by defendant, H. J. Heinz Company. Plaintiff alleged negligence of defendant in various ways was the proximate cause. — Plaintiffs collision insurance carrier intervened to recover the payment it had made plaintiff.

In.trial to a jury, plaintiff…