Olweean v. Wayne County Road Commission

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a jury verdict of no cause of action and the trial judge’s subsequent denial of plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

On June 9, 1965, plaintiff’s decedent was involved in an automobile accident on tlie Edsel Ford Freeway in tlie City of Detroit. Tlie deceased’s car struck a truck owned by defendant. The truck was parked in the leftmost lane of the eastbound freeway. Ed Nelson, the operator of the truck, had left the truck and, with fellow employees of defendant, was either engaged in repairing the freeway or was about to begin repairing it. Yellow flashing…