PITZ v. MOTOR FREIGHT

No. 2950.

115 Ohio App. 280 (1961)

PITZ, APPELLEE, v. MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., APPELLANT.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Stark County.

Decided November __, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Meyers, Stevens & Rea and Mr. Loren E. Souers, Jr., for appellee.

Messrs. Amerman, Burt, Shadrach, McHenry & Jones, for appellant.


MCLAUGHLIN, P. J.

The jury awarded the plaintiff, a guest passenger, a personal injury verdict in the amount of $62,500. The car in which she was riding ran into the rear end of a tractor-trailer outfit which was one of a fleet of coal-hauling trucks owned and operated by the defendant.

The accident happened about 6:30 p. m. It was dark. Defendant's outfit was stopped in a no-parking zone in Canal Fulton village. The defendant claimed that an emergency or...

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