McMurdie v. Underwood

CALLISTER, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Appellants appeal from a verdict of “no cause of action” and contend that the lower court erred in its instructions to the jury.

Appellants are the driver and occupants of a passenger car. The respondents are the drivers and owners of two semi-trailer trucks.

The accident happened about 1:45 a. m. on the morning of December 15, 1956, on a straight stretch of U. S. Highway 40 and SO near the Salt Lake and Tooele County boundary. The highway at that point runs in a northeasterly direction, it…