Sanders v. Curry County

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff when her automobile collided with a truck owned by defendant county. The jury returned a verdict for defendants. Plaintiff moved for a new trial on the ground that one of the jurors had made an unauthorized visit to the scene of the accident when the case was in progress. The motion was denied and plaintiff appeals.

The accident occurred on August 16, 1966 at an intersection of two unpaved streets in Gold Beach, Oregon. Much of the evidence on the cause of the accident related to the character of the intersection,…