Taylor v. Bridgebuilders, Inc.

Lewis, Chief Justice:

The automobile in which the respondents driver and passenger were riding struck an uncompleted bridge, being constructed by appellant Bridgebuilders, Inc., under a contract with the State Highway Department. Both the driver and passenger ■ were killed. Thereafter, the administrator of the estate of Russell Taylor, the owner-passenger, brought this action against the estate of Edgar Elvington, the driver, and appellant Bridgebuilders, Inc., the bridge contractor, to recover for Taylor’s alleged wrongful death. The estate of Elvington, the driver of the vehicle,…