Klouse v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

This action concerns an accident in which the plaintiff Klouse, driving a 68-foot tractor and trailer (hereafter referred to as a truck) belonging to his employer, the plaintiff West Coast Fast Freight, Inc., collided with a four-unit, 200-foot, diesel locomotive belonging to the defendant and cross-complainant Northern Pacific Railway Company and operated by the defendant Peter Meyer.

The complaint contained a number of allegations of neg ligence, including allegations that the defendants were operating the locomotive at an excessive rate of speed without adequate lights, and had failed to…