Slagle v. J.P. Theisen & Sons, Inc.

Shelly Slagle, as the personal representative of the estate of Maria Slagle, appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants J.P. Theisen & Sons, Inc. (Theisen) and D.P. Sawyer, Inc. (Sawyer). We reverse, and remand for further proceedings.

For several weeks prior to April 1992, Highway 70 had been under construction but open to traffic. However, on April 1, the State of Nebraska prepared and approved a signing and traffic control plan which authorized the removal of a bridge in the construction zone. This signing plan provided for three “road closed” barricades…