Venske v. Johnson-Lieber Co.

The three separate causes of action herein were consolidated for trial and again upon appeal. The same automobile collision is involved as in Sullivan v. Dunn, 46 Wn. (2d) 255, 280 P. (2d) 668, which was an action for wrongful death by Sullivan’s widow against Dunn.

The collision occurred on a clear, dry day on state highway No. 9 between Montesano and Aberdeen. The roadway is a twenty-foot cement pavement with a center stripe. It curves slightly at the point of impact, but otherwise runs straight east and west for a long distance in both directions. There is a broad graveled shoulder on the…