Rainbolt v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Charles Rainbolt was employed on February 27, 1946, as a truck driver by Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.,, which operated a fleet of trucks between Louisville and Pittsburgh. On May 2, 1946, he left Louisville about 6:30 p. m. on his regular run to Pittsburgh. He drove the truck to Austin, Indiana, where he stopped at a restaurant for about an hour. His co-driver, John Nolan, got in the driver’s seat at Austin, and Rainbolt, as he attempted to board the truck, fell and received serious injuries. In August, 1946, he brought a common law action in…