Whiting v. State

Defendant, State of Montana, appeals from a jury verdict of the Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County. The jury awarded plaintiffs, Whiting and Prada, damages for injuries sustained from a car accident caused, in part, because of an improperly marked exit ramp. The jury found that 42% of plaintiffs’ injuries were attributable to Whiting’s negligence and 58% were attributable to the State’s negligence. We affirm.

The issues are as follows:

1) Whether the verdict is supported by sufficient evidence in the record.

2) Whether the negligence of Marie Whiting was an intervening, superseding…