Zeni v. Anderson

This appeal is taken from a jury verdict which found the defendant guilty of subsequent negligence and which awarded plaintiff damages of $30,000.

Lee Drive, the scene of the accident here in question, is a major thoroughfare crossing the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette and is subject to heavy vehicular traffic. It is a blacktop road, some 43 feet in width, which has two-way traffic. There are parking stalls, measuring 8 by 20 feet, along the curb on both sides of the street. On the southern side of the street is found the University Health Center. Some distance to the west…