Manley v. Janssen

LeGRAND, Justice.

Plaintiff was awarded $45,000.00 in damages for injuries suffered under rather bizarre circumstances which a jury said imposed liability on all of the defendants. They appeal from judgment entered on that verdict, and we affirm the trial court.

Early in the morning of October 25, 1969, plaintiff was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck north on Highway 17 when he had a flat tire. He drove the truck onto the right (east) shoulder of the road, completely off the travelled portion of the highway. Upon discovery that the jack was inoperative, he attempted to get help from passing…