Ray v. Consolidated Freightways

CROCKETT, Justice.

Two modern road behemoths, plaintiff’s oil tanker truck and defendant’s large tractor trailer, unfortunately needed the use of the same space at the same time on a highway narrowed by heavily drifted snow. To avoid a collision, plaintiff’s tanker “took for timber” off the road and ran into a utility tower. • That circumstance provided the foundation for this and another law suit hereinafter referred to.

The incident happened on February 14, about 6 a. m. while it was still dark. Ray’s oil tanker, containing a full load of gasoline, was traveling westward on U. S. Highway 91…