Bill Gates Custom Towing, Inc. v. Branch Motor Express Co.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County sustaining defendants’ motion for a directed verdict.

This action arises from a collision which occurred on January 21, 1978, on Interstate 71. On that date, plaintiff’s tow truck was struck from the rear by a truck operated by defendant-appellee Robert E. Walters, an employee of defendant-appellee Branch Motor Express Company, while plaintiff’s tow truck was parked and in the process of aiding a disabled vehicle.

At trial, plaintiff presented its evidence; and, upon completion of plaintiffs case, defendants moved…