Weeks v. Conservation Department

Plaintiff-appellant was riding his Honda motorcycle north on a 2-lane highway in Muskegon county on June 30, 1964, with his 8-year-old son as passenger. He collided with a tractor-trailer rig owned by defendant-appellee as the rig was making a left turn from the east shoulder of plaintiff’s lane into the parking lot of a store on the west side of the highway.

Much of the dispute in the present case concerns the distance at which plaintiff first observed the rig, the location of the rig prior to its turn, and the distance at which plaintiff first attempted to avoid hit ting the rig.…