Hartdegen v. Juneau

LEMMON, Judge.

This appeal principally questions the trial court finding that Thomas Hartdegen was contributorily negligent in a two-vehicle collision. Also at issue is the amount of the award to Hartdegen’s sister, who was a passenger in his car.

Just before the mid-morning accident Hartdegen was traveling west on U. S. Highway 61, approaching an oil refinery in the town of Norco. The weather was overcast and misty, and the roadway was wet from an earlier rain. The highway in the vicinity consisted of four lanes, two on each side of a neutral ground. At the entrance to the refinery was a break…