Olin Corp. v. Dyson

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

This negligence action involves claims for personal injuries sustained by appellees Darrell Dyson and David Casas, Jr. when the car in which they were riding collided with a parked “cherrypicker,” a portable crane, which was owned and operated by appellant, Olin Corporation. At the time of this occurrence the “cherrypicker” was being used to support a section of overhead pipe which ran parallel to a two lane roadway. Since there was insufficient room on the roadside, the “cherrypicker” extended four feet into one of the traffic lanes of the road. There were no flagmen,…