Barad v. Jefferson County

BECKER, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal. The lawsuits involved were instituted by plaintiff Carol Barad for personal injuries and by the administrator of the estate of Jeanne Rochford for wrongful death growing out of the same automobile accident. The interests of the parties are identical. They will be referred to as plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs’ claims against Jefferson County are based on alleged faulty construction and maintenance of a county bridge and against State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters as liability insurer of the County. The claim against defendant Michael Bobes, driver…