Dragstrem v. North Branch Metal Products, Inc.

This is an action to recover damages alleged to he due to the negligence of defendant in unloading plaintiff’s truck. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff for $1,550 in the main suit and against defendant on its third party action. Defendant has appealed only from the judgment for plaintiff.

Plaintiff is an independent trucker who hired his services and his truck to Miller Transportation Company to carry scrap zinc from Anderson, Indiana, for use in defendant’s smelting and refining business in Chicago. His truck arrived at defendant’s plant on Friday, October 14, 1955, and several other…