STRAUGHTER v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. 36754.

89 Cal.App.3d 102 (1976)

152 Cal. Rptr. 147

SAM STRAUGHTER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

March 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harry S. Fenton, John P. Horgan, Robert J. DeFea, Harry C. Miller and Donald M. Velasco for Defendant and Appellant.

Newman, Marsh & Furtado and Manuel L. Furtado for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

TAYLOR, P.J.

The state appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding $35,500 damages for personal injuries to Sam Straughter, who was hit from the rear after he had succeeded in stopping his vehicle on the shoulder of the highway. The major contentions on appeal concern the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict as to the state's constructive notice of the dangerous condition on the highway. We have...

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