Rader v. Williamson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

Sherman Rader, appellee, instituted this action in trespass against John Williamson, appellant, to recover damages for injuries sustained when Williamson, owner and operator of a White wrecker truck, permitted it to drift backward into appellee, causing severe injury to his left leg. Rader had stepped several feet from the sidewalk into the street thinking he could secure a ride to his home with the operator of. an approaching vehicle which he thought he recognized as that of a friend. A jury returned a-verdict in favor:of *399appellee. Williamson filed motions for a…