Question

The driver of a tractor-trailer lost control of his vehicle after driving onto an icy bridge in excess of the speed limit and slid off the road. A state trooper responding to the accident got out of his squad car and walked toward the vehicle on the roadway. Before he could set up warning flares or safety cones, a delivery van approached the bridge in the oncoming lane. The van slid on the ice and spun out of control, striking and injuring the trooper. The trooper brought an action against the driver of the delivery van and the driver of the tractor-trailer. Will the trooper prevail as against the driver of the tractor-trailer

Answer 1

Answer:

No, because the delivery van striking the trooper was the actual cause of his injuries.

Explanation:

The state trooper will not prevail against the tractor trailer driver. This is because tractor trailer was not the actual cause for the injuries of the trooper. It was the deliver van which skid on the icy road and hit the trooper and which made him injured.

It was when the trooper went to respond to the accident of the tractor trailer that the delivery van approached the icy bridge and strike the trooper.

Thus the answer is No.