Legal Opinion
Zorotovich v. Washington Toll Bridge Authority
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 26, 1971No. 379-1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSwanson, J.
Defendants, Washington Toll Bridge Authority (“Toll Bridge”) and Boyd D. Simmons and wife, appeal from an order granting Paul Zorotovich a new trial. Plaintiff Zorotovich cross-appeals and assigns error to the trial court’s failure to give his requested instruction defining the Toll Bridge’s duty of care as being the “highest degree of care” rather than “ordinary care” as stated in the court’s instructions to the jury.
On July 4, 1967, Paul Zorotovich went to the Toll Bridge’s Kingston ferry terminal to buy a ticket as a foot passenger to ride the ferry to Edmonds. Mrs. Boyd Simmons who had…
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