Campbell v. W. S. Hatch Co.

ROSE, Chief Justice.

This is a property-damage case arising out of a highway accident. Plaintiff-appel-lee W.S. Hatch Co. owned a tanker truck and trailer which were damaged when its driver, plaintiff-appellee Larry R. Hymas, attempted to pass a pickup pulling a mobile home. The impact between the vehicles occurred when the pickup driver, defendant-appellant Roy Bruce Campbell, drifted over the center line during the passing process.

The district court, hearing the case without a jury, assessed 100 percent of the blame for the accident against the appellant. On appeal Mr. Campbell urges that…