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SPAULDING v. ANCHOR MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., OF DELAWARE

No. 9492.

337 F.2d 361 (1964)

Roy A. SPAULDING, Appellant, v. ANCHOR MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., OF DELAWARE, and William T. Chamberlin, Jr., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Daugherty, Charleston, W. Va. (Preiser, Weaver & Daugherty, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellant.

Edward W. Eardley, Charleston, W. Va. (Carl F. Stucky, Jr., and Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff, driving through a lighted intersection in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, ran head-on into the front of a large tractor-trailer, which was stalled in the plaintiff's line of traffic. The plaintiff did not see the tractor until almost the moment of impact. He thought he had had time to touch his brake pedal, but there was insufficient time for his brakes to take effect.

Under these circumstances, the District Court directed a...

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