Davis v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

JAMESON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, citizens of Oregon, seek damages from the defendant, a citizen of Ohio, for personal injuries sustained by Davis and property damage sustained by Rogue Transportation, Inc. in a collision between a tractor-trailer owned by Rogue Transportation and being driven by Davis, its employee, and another vehicle, hereinafter referred to as the Lasme vehicle, on April 17, 1959, approximately seven miles north of Williams, California. Plaintiffs claim that the proximate cause of the collision was the failure of the right front tire of the Rogue truck, alleging…