Cummins v. Rachner

TODD, Justice.

Eloise E. Adams was a passenger in an automobile operated by Mary Jane Ra-chner. Mrs. Rachner was proceeding west on Highway No. 12, a divided highway, approaching the city of St. Paul. It was nighttime and snowing. She entered an area of highway construction being performed by Foley Brothers, Inc., (Foley) for the State of Minnesota. In a construction bypass area, Mrs. Rachner became confused by lane markings painted on the road surface and drove her vehicle over the median into the eastbound lane of traffic where it collided with a vehicle being driven by Timothy C. Flynn.…