PROVINS v. BEVIS

No. 37898.

70 Wn.2d 131 (1967)

422 P.2d 505

NANCY J. PROVINS, Respondent, v. CHARLENE BEVIS et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

January 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrick, Douglas & Burgess (F. Ross Burgess, of counsel), for appellant Bevis.

John G. McCutcheon and Donald F. Herron, for appellant Pierce County.

Vernon R. Pearson (of Davies, Pearson, Anderson & Pearson), for respondent.


HAMILTON, J.

Plaintiff, Nancy J. Provins, was injured during the early morning hours of April 6, 1963, when the automobile in which she was riding as a passenger struck a stump at the end of Devil's Head road on the Longbranch Peninsula in Pierce County, Washington. She initiated this action seeking redress from her host driver, Charlene Bevis, and from the proprietor of the road, Pierce County. A jury found liability on the part of both defendants and awarded damages...

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