BARKER v. COLE

No. 3-677A157.

396 N.E.2d 964 (1979)

Darrell BARKER, Defendant-Appellant, v. Robert D. COLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, B & B Industries, Inc., William Watkins and James Cornell, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Hughes, Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso, for defendant-appellant.

Leo J. Clifford, William G. Conover, Valparaiso, for defendants-appellees.


GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

On December 6, 1972, at approximately six o'clock a.m., William Watkins, an employee of B & B Industries, Inc., was driving a semi-tractor trailer east on U.S. Route 30. Watkins was traveling in the driving lane at approximately 60 miles per hour.1 He checked the highway in front of him and could see no traffic. He then glanced skyward for two to three seconds to check the weather. When he looked back at the...

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