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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 17, 1998

Court Steers a New Course in Rescue Lawsuit

The tow truck operator was supposed to rescue stranded motorist James Tidmore, not the other way around. But roles quickly reversed when the tow truck operator - in her attempt to fix Tidmore's flat tire - got her hand stuck between the wheel and the wheel well.

By Anna Marie Stolley
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        The tow truck operator was supposed to rescue stranded motorist James Tidmore, not the other way around.
        But roles quickly reversed when the tow truck operator - in her attempt to fix Tidmore's flat tire - got her hand stuck between the wheel an...

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