ELLIOTT v. WATKINS TRUCKING CO.

No. 16666.

406 F.2d 90 (1969)

Max ELLIOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WATKINS TRUCKING CO., Inc. and Ralph E. Standiford, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan L. Hackbert, Paul Noland, Chicago, Ill., G. Edward McHie, Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

John E. Doran, Doran, Manion, Boynton & Kamm, South Bend, Ind., Gilmore S. Haynie, Livingston, Dildine, Haynie & Yoder, Fort Wayne, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CASTLE, Chief Judge, and KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Denied March 6, 1969.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Action for damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision of two trucks.1

On July 7, 1964, plaintiff Max Elliott was driving a tractor-trailer westward on U. S. Highway 30 near Knox, Indiana. He was very seriously injured when his truck hit the rear end of a semi trailer driven by defendant Standiford, also westbound. Standiford was driving very slowly...

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