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Marshall v. Nugent
Citation:
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A truck owned by the defendant oil company cut a corner going around a sharp and icy curve on the highway, forcing the plaintiff’s son-in-law Harriman off the road. The driver of the truck offered to help pull Harriman’s car back onto the road and suggested that the plaintiff go around the curve to warn oncoming traffic of the danger. As the plaintiff was getting into position on the road, defendant Nugent, driving northbound, saw the oil truck on one side of the road and Harriman and the truck driver on the other, and he attempted to avoid collision on either side. He tried to pull over, but he lost control of the car on the ice and hit the rail on the highway, glanced off, and hit the plaintiff, severely injuring him.
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