[DOWNLOAD] "Stevens V. The" by Division One, Panel Two Court of Appeals of Washington " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Stevens V. The
- Author : Division One, Panel Two Court of Appeals of Washington
- Release Date : January 26, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Even though she does not remember August 25, 1967,*fn1 Carol Stevens, on that day, was involved in three separate automobile-truck collisions occurring successively within moments of each other. It all happened on a bright sunny morning at about 8 a.m. on state Highway 18 as it approaches the westerly outskirts of the city of Auburn. Carol Stevens entered the eastbound lane of Highway 18 from the onramp and acceleration lane. Her Ford Falcon station wagon was first struck by an eastbound cement truck and then by a large grain truck traveling in the opposite direction. The third collision involved a postal vehicle following the grain truck. Miss Stevens, a minor, brought suit against the State of Washington through her guardian Evelyn Stevens, her mother, and claimed the proximate cause of the collision was the failure of the State of Washington to provide a safe acceleration lane. The defendant denied any negligence and claimed that Carol Stevens herself was negligent which was the proximate cause of her injuries. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant State of Washington, but the trial court set the verdict aside and granted a new trial believing that it had erred in submitting the issue of contributory negligence to the jury. The state appeals.