Gard v. Michigan Produce Haulers

This cause arises out of a head-on automobile-truck collision which occurred on M-37 in Tyrone township, Kent county, Michigan, on June 18, 1966, at approximately 2:50 a.m. At that time, plaintiff’s decedent was driving a 1965 Ford sedan automobile which collided with a tractor, owned by defendant Michigan Produce Haulers and leased by them to defendant Associated Truck Lines, Inc., which was pulling a trailer owned by Associated. As a result of the collision plaintiff’s decedent was killed instantly.

The body of plaintiff’s decedent was removed to a nearby mortuary where, at the request of a…