Hansen v. Matich Corporation

Defendant appeals from a judgment for plaintiff, who sustained personal injuries in a single car accident that occurred about 3 a.m. on Big Bear Boulevard near Big Bear Lake. The accident is alleged to have been caused by a defect in the roadway. Defendant was under contract with the State of California to reconstruct a portion of Big Bear Boulevard, which is also State Route 190-G, and it had worked in the area approximately four days before the accident occurred. The appeal rests largely upon contradictions in the evidence.

There was testimony that plaintiff had been drinking preceding the…