Frasch v. Leedom

Plaintiffs (appellants) appeal from an order granting defendants’ (respondents’) motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

On September 18, 1959, at about 11:30 p. m., plaintiff Laura K. Frasch (hereafter referred to as if she were the sole plaintiff) and her teenage son were returning from a high school dance attended by her son. Plaintiff was traveling north on Pacific Avenue (also known as the Mountain Highway) in Pierce County, Washington. Pacific Avenue, in the vicinity in question, is a straight, fairly level, 60-mile an hour, four-lane highway, the north and southbound lanes…