Lauder v. Jobe

This appeal arises out of a double rear-end accident that occurred on the southbound portion of the Harbor Freeway. For convenience in this opinion, Wallace Jobe will be referred to as defendant Jobe or Jobe, and Alfred E. Lauder will be referred to as plaintiff Lauder or Lauder, although, as will become apparent below, we are actually dealing with consolidated cross-actions. Plaintiff Lauder’s 1959 Impala Chevrolet was traveling southbound in the lane next to the “fast” lane.1 He was following a Cadillac belonging to his friend, Eldridge. Apparently a metal box or frame fell off of a truck…