Bussard v. Ohio Department of Transportation

On October 18, 1982, plaintiffs were involved in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of State Route 133 and Weaver Road. Plaintiffs’ car was traveling west on Weaver Road as it approached State Route 133. Normally there is a stop sign on Weaver Road where it intersects with State Route 133, but on October 18 this sign was off the pole and lying face down in the grass by the side of the road. Plaintiff Larry Bussard, the driver of the car, was not familiar with this intersection and drove straight across State Route 133 without stopping. While in the middle of the intersection his car…