BLACKBURN v. STATE

No. 41260.

78 Wn.2d 950 (1971)

481 P.2d 448

MARY ETTA BLACKBURN, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent. PATRICIA WEST, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimball & Clark, Ned W. Kimball, and J.P. Tonkoff, for appellants.

Murray, Dunham & Waitt, by Wayne Murray, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

The plaintiffs were passengers in an automobile which struck the rear of a road grader being used as a snowplow on a road just outside the city limits of Wenatchee. The accident occurred at night. The road was covered with compact snow and ice, and snow was falling.

The four young occupants of the automobile suffered amnesia as a result of the accident, and none of them testified at the trial of this action. The operator of the snowplow, an employee...

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