Hunton v. California Portland Cement Co.

This is an action for damages. A heavily loaded truck, owned by the plaintiff and driven by his minor son, collided with another heavily loaded truck owned and driven by the defendants, respectively, when the latter truck was stopped on a paved highway which was being widened. The death of the plaintiff’s son resulted from this collision. On a former appeal, a jury having returned a verdict for $6,500 in favor of the plaintiff, it was held that the question of negligence on the part of the defendants was one of fact for the jury. (Hunton v. California Portland Cement Co., 50 Cal.App.2d 684…