Petersen v. Lang Transportation Co.

This action was brought by the surviving wife and son of one I. J. Petersen to recover damages for his death. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant and the plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment.

The general circumstances out of which the action arose are as follows: Between 8:30 and 9 o’clock on the night of December 23, 1936, a loaded truck and trailer, owned by the respondent, was being driven in a northerly direction down the Grapevine grade on U. S. Highway 99 when a series of accidents occurred near the bottom or north end of this grade. At the point in question the…