Cantrill Construction Co. v. Gann

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Cantrill Construction Company had a contract for resurfacing with blacktop a portion of U. S. Highway No. 25E extending from Corbin toward Barbourville. By July 18, 1963, it had substantially completed the work except for a short piece close to Corbin. On that day a tractor-trailer unit owned by Brown Wood Preserving Company and driven by Cecil Gann, while being operated over the highway in the direction of Barbourville, at a point around six miles from .Corbin went out of control and into the ditch on the left side of the highway. Gann said that he was forced to pull to…