Hohimer v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

PRITCHARD, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs’ first amended petition in Count I alleged that Gary L. Hohimer was injured when the right front wheel of his 1978 Chevrolet Van, on August 31, 1979, struck one of the open holes in construction work being conducted by defendant, causing him to lose control and strike at least another hole, and causing the van to roll off the highway. The excavations were said to have been created by defendant in the process of removing sections of deteriorated concrete pavement from the right hand lane of the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 71 for the purpose of…