Laird v. Travelers Insurance Co.

MILLER, Judge.

Plaintiffs’ westbound parked pickup truck was blocking about half the westbound lane of a blacktop country road. The overtaking westbound motorist was insured by Travelers Insurance Company. Their insured failed to see the pickup truck in time and rearended it at high speed. The trial court awarded damages to the pickup truck driver and his guest passenger wife, finding that the negligence of the overtaking motorist was the sole legal cause of the accident. We find that the pickup truck driver’s negligence in blocking a part of the road was a legal cause of the accident, but…