Vizzaro v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, French, J., entered January 24, 1923, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a defective approach to a bridge.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
This is an appeal hy the defendants from a verdict against them in the sum of $10,000, and a judgment thereon in an action to recover for personal injuries.
The town of Issaquah is hounded on the north hy Issaquah creek, across which, at the point where the county highway enters the town from the north, there was a concrete culvert or bridge, admittedly constructed hy King county, consisting of two concrete abutments, one on either side, spanned hy a concrete floor, forming a roadway. The approaches on each side were backfilled with earth, so that the whole made a level roadway, in effect the…
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