Hale v. Brown

Leben, J.:

Accepting plaintiff s allegations as true, Jason Packard’s negligence caused his car to run off a highway in Topeka and into a tree some distance off the paved surface of the roadway and its shoulder area. Emergency workers arrived shortly after the accident, and traffic on the roadway began to back up. About 35 minutes after Packard’s accident, another driver, Judy Brown, failed to respond quickly enough to the traffic congestion; Brown’s car struck the plaintiff s car from behind. Plaintiff, Mary Hale, now seeks to recover from Packard and his employer for the injuries she…