Los Angeles-Seattle Motor Express, Inc. v. Inland Petroleum Transportation Co.

This is a collision case in which a tank truck and trailer owned by the respondents crashed into the rear end of a truck and trailer owned by the appellant. The trial court found each driver to have been guilty of negligence which was a proximate cause of the collision, and dismissed appellant’s complaint and respondents’ cross-complaint.

Appellant’s negligence, if any, consisted of having stopped its truck on the main traveled portion of the highway. This would be a violation of Rem. Rev. Stat., Vol. 7A, § 6360-110 [P.P.C. § 295-71], and negligence per se.

No question of law is presented; the…