Burns v. Dills

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant based on a jury verdict. The plaintiff, Donald B. Bums, is a surveyor who was struck by defendant’s automobile while he was working. The plaintiff will hereafter be referred to in this opinion as appellant, and the defendant will be referred to as respondent.

Appellant was in charge of a survey crew (crew chief) employed by the firm of Horton Dennis & Associates. On the day of the accident, January 30, 1962, the survey crew had been working in Renton in the vicinity of the “T” intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Garden Street from…