Bettencourt v. Direct Transportation Co.

STONE, J.—

Defendants appeal from an order granting plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial following a jury verdict for defendants. Plaintiffs’ son, driving their Jeep station wagon, collided with defendants’ truck and trailer loaded with shingles. The accident occurred at 8 p. m. April 15, 1959, on Highway 41 in Madera County. The locale is in the foothills or lower mountain area near the town of Oakhurst. At the point of impact the highway runs generally north and south. Defendants had stopped on the easterly side of the highway and were in the process of crossing the roadway from east to west…