STATE v. WATSON

No. 2 CA-CIV 297.

7 Ariz. App. 81 (1967)

436 P.2d 175

STATE of Arizona, the Arizona Highway Commission, the State Highway Engineer and Deputy State Highway Engineer, Appellants and Cross Appellees, v. J.M. WATSON, surviving spouse of Betty Jane Watson, Deceased, for the benefit of himself and minor children and as parent and father of Charm Watson, Deceased, a Minor, Appellee and Cross Appellant, and James M. Watson, Jr., by and through his next friend, J.M. Watson, William Hansen, by and through his next friend, Fred A. Hansen, Fred A. Hansen and Nellie Hansen, his wife, and Robert D. Wilson, by his guardian ad litem, Troyce Wilson, and Troyce Wilson, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1968.

Review Denied March 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell F. Smith, Atty. Gen., Peter C. Gulatto, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants and cross appellees.

Stockton & Hing, by Robert O. Hing and William J. Knudsen, Jr., Phoenix, for appellees Watson and Hansen and cross appellant.

Mackenzie, Scott, Bolze, Weltsch & Moroney, by Albert H. Mackenzie, Phoenix, for appellees Wilson.


MOLLOY, Judge.

This is an appeal and a cross appeal from certain judgments rendered against the State of Arizona for negligence allegedly arising from the construction and maintenance of a narrow bridge on an interstate highway and the failure to post appropriate warning devices on this bridge.

The bridge in question is located on US Highway 60, one mile west of Florence Junction over Queen Creek. The highway in question at the time of the accident was a two...

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