Umpleby Ex Rel. Umpleby v. State Ex Rel. North Dakota State Game & Fish Department

*159SAND, Justice.

Plaintiff Wesley Umpleby appealed from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Morton County in a personal injury action.

In April 1981 Umpleby was injured in a one-vehicle accident on a curve on an access road in an area known as the Schmidt Bottoms south of Mandan between North Dakota Highway 1806 and the Oahe Reservoir. Umpleby sustained injuries which rendered him a quadriplegic. Umpleby contended that his injuries were proximately caused by Morton County’s breach of duty to properly design and construct the road. Specifically, Umpleby contended that the county…