Straughter v. State of California

Opinion

TAYLOR, P. J.

The state appeals from a judgment entered on a juiy verdict awarding $35,500 damages for personal injuries to Sam Straughter, who was hit from the rear after he had succeeded in stopping his vehicle on the shoulder of the highway. The major contentions on appeal concern the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict as to the state’s constructive notice of the dangerous condition on the highway. We have concluded that the judgment must be ^affirmed for the reasons set forth below.

Viewing the record most strongly in favor of the judgment, as we must, the following…