Ridley v. Grifall Trucking Co.

In this action plaintiff and respondent, a workman at the Kaiser Steel plant, brought this action against defendants and appellants Grifall Trucking Company and Ralph Sween, the driver of a large tractor-semitrailer, to which was attached a big four-wheel trailer. It was owned by defendant company. On June 20, 1950, defendant driver left Salinas with the truck and trailers loaded to capacity with dolomite. The gross weight was 76,000 pounds. About 19,000 pounds were on the semitrailer and it was estimated that there was about 9,000 pounds on each wheel of it. On each of the dual wheels of the…