Blanchette v. Arrow Towing Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit in an action to recover damages for a wrongful death.

The accident out of which the case grows occurred on the Salem Freeway in Portland shortly before 7:55 p.m. on August 27, 1963. The Freeway at the place of the accident has three southbound and three northbound traffic lanes, each 12 feet in width. A low steel fence or barrier divides the southbound from the northbound lanes. On the outside of the traffic lanes are paved shoulders, each 10 feet in width, designed for emergency parking.

On the evening in question Theodore Johnson,…