Van Liere v. State Highway Department

Plaintiff-appellant, Earl Van Li-ere, was driving his automobile in an allegedly careful manner, heading east on 1-94 in Calhoun County at about 3:30 p.m. on May 6, 1972, when a "gust of wind” blew his car from the highway and into a guardrail adjacent to the shoulder of the road. Upon hitting the guardrail, the automobile purportedly became "impaled on the guardrail” and rammed into a bridge abutment. Four passengers were in the automobile, and as a result of the occurrence, two died and the other two were seriously injured.

Plaintiff sought to recover damages for the injuries sustained as…