Booth Tank Co. v. Symes

DAVISON, Justice.

This is an appeal by Booth Tank Co., Inc., (defendant below) from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict against it in favor of Violet Symes (plaintiff below), for $70,-000 for damages for personal injuries resulting from a car-truck collision. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

On January 12, 1962, the defendant’s truck was proceeding north on North Western Avenue in Oklahoma City with gin poles in an erect position. When the truck attempted to pass through an underpass the gin poles struck the top of the underpass, causing the truck to…