Griffen Buick, Inc. v. Evans

Ninth Circuit

Griffen Buick, Inc. v. Evans

229 F.2d 165

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

DecidedJanuary 10, 1956

DocketNo. 14749

StatusPublished

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PER CURIAM.

These are consolidated appeals from judgments awarding damages on account of the death of two persons in a highway collision. The deceased were traveling at night in a motor car being operated by one of them. Their car collided with a tow car and a trailer belonging to appellant Griffen Buick and being operated on its behalf by appellant Nation, Griffen Buick’s employee.

The cause was tried to the court, sitting without a jury. The court found that Nation wantonly and willfully placed the tow car in such position on the highway as to imperil the lives of per[166]*166sons traveling thereon, and that he negligently failed to place suitable warnings of its location and presence. It found that as a direct and proximate consequence thereof the car in which appellee’s intestates were traveling collided with the tow car and trailer, thus causing their death. It further found that appellee’s intestates were themselves free of negligence.

These findings have substantial support in the record, and the judgments are accordingly affirmed.

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PER CURIAM.

These are consolidated appeals from judgments awarding damages on account of the death of two persons in a highway collision. The deceased were traveling at night in a motor car being operated by one of them. Their car collided with a tow car and a trailer belonging to appellant Griffen Buick and being operated on its behalf by appellant Nation, Griffen Buick’s employee.

The cause was tried to the court, sitting without a jury. The court found that Nation wantonly and willfully placed the tow car in such position on the highway as to imperil the lives of per[166]*166sons traveling thereon, and that he negligently failed to place suitable warnings of its location and presence. It found that as a direct and proximate consequence thereof the car in which appellee’s intestates were traveling collided with the tow car and trailer, thus causing their death. It further found that appellee’s intestates were themselves free of negligence.

These findings have substantial support in the record, and the judgments are accordingly affirmed.

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