RICE v. McDONALD

No. 51894.

138 N.W.2d 889 (1965)

Clinton D. RICE, Appellee, v. J. R. McDONALD, Lowell LaVerne Hagle, Vernon King, and James Roger McDonald, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 14, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullin & Mullin, Creston, and Ralph J. Bellizzi, Des Moines, for appellants.

Killmar, Reynoldson & Harvey, Osceola, for appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

This action for damages resulted from a no-contact accident when plaintiff's tractor-trailer was driven on the shoulder of a highway to avoid a collision with vehicles stopped on the travel portion thereof. The issues presented were, whether defendants were negligent, whether defendants' negligence was the proximate cause of plaintiff's damages, and whether plaintiff's driver was guilty of contributory negligence. Pursuant to trial, they were decided...

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