Wick v. Irwin

July 21, 1961, at approximately 2 p.m., Bjarne Wick was driving his panel truck south on Huson Street in Tacoma. As he approached the intersection with 19th Street, there was a street barrier, with a flashing light, on the west side of Huson Street, approximately 110 feet from the intersection. Several panel trucks, including a telephone company truck, were parked on the east side of Huson Street just north of the intersection. A contractor was engaged in constructing a storm sewer for the city on 19th Street, and it was closed to through traffic.

On 19th Street, east of the intersection with…