Legal Opinion

Ewer v. Johnson

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1954No. 32607PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSchwellenbach, J.

— This case grows out of collisions involving seven cars in a dust cloud. The collisions took place on a highway running easterly and westerly between Pasco and Walla Walla, at a point about twenty miles west of Walla Walla. The dust cloud extended approximately three hundred feet along the highway. There were fringes at each end at which visibility was fair. However, through the center, the dust was so thick that visibility ranged from ten feet to zero. It came from a plowed field at the south of the road and was carried in a northeasterly direction by a very strong wind. The dust cloud…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Beck v. DyeWashington Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Walsh v. West Coast Coal Mines, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Warren v. HynesWashington Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Gover v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1922
  5. Robbins v. GreeneWashington Supreme Court · 1953

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. State v. GolladayWashington Supreme Court · 1970
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  3. Lyons v. Redding Construction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Detrick v. Garretson Packing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Ulve v. City of RaymondWashington Supreme Court · 1957

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