(DOWNLOAD) "Pritchett v. Steinker Trucking Co." by Supreme Court of Illinois # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pritchett v. Steinker Trucking Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 24, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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An action for wrongful death was brought in the circuit court of Piatt County by the administrator of the estate of Franklin
Bowen, a deceased truck driver. The action was brought against the Steinker Trucking Company, owner of a truck which had collided
head-on with the one driven by Bowen. The latter's widow and the owner of the truck he was driving joined as plaintiffs, seeking
recovery for last expenses and for damages to the truck, respectively. Plaintiffs recovered but on defendant's appeal the
appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. (Pritchett v. Steinker Trucking
Co., Inc., 85 Ill. App.2d 340.) We have granted plaintiffs' petition for leave to appeal. The accident happened on September 22, 1962, at about 2:30 A.M. Defendant's semitrailer truck, driven by Paul Miller and
carrying a load of hogs, was traveling east on U.S. Route 36 approaching three semitrailer units going in the opposite direction.
The vehicles traveling west had been leased to Pillsbury Company, whose products they were carrying, and for convenience will
be referred to herein as "Pillsbury" vehicles. Miller's truck passed the first Pillsbury vehicle without incident but when
it came abreast of the second one there was a sideswipe collision. This caused it to veer across the highway into the path
of the third Pillsbury vehicle. In the head-on collision which followed, both drivers were killed.