Fritch v. King County

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries received in an automobile accident, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of King county in maintaining a defective high way and in not giving proper warning of the defective condition.

South 154th street — also known as Renton-Three Tree Point highway — is an improved highway maintained by King county. Where the accident occurred, it descends the slope of a hill in an easterly direction at a grade of six per cent. At the foot of the grade, it curves to the left and passes under a bridge. The concrete pavement is twenty…