Mina v. Boise Cascade Corp.

Ezzat and Minerva Mina appeal and Hofstrand Logging Co. cross-appeals a jury verdict finding Hofstrand negligent and the Minas 85 percent comparatively negligent in a multivehicle accident.

On February 4, 1980, the Minas were driving down a hill, in fog, on Interstate 82, a 4-lane highway near Ellensburg. Visibility was about 100 feet.

Shortly thereafter, a Hofstrand truck, carrying its trailer piggyback, also traveled into the fog. The Hofstrand driver, seeing the Minas' taillights in the right-hand lane, swerved into the left lane, but in doing so the truck spun out. Its right rear tires…