Danielson v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

This action arose out of an automobile collision on the interstate bridge over the Columbia river between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The principal issues presented are whether the appellant, The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, was negligent in setting up and maintaining a traffic diversion system and, if so, whether that negligence was a proximate cause of the injuries sustained by the respondents.

The bridge crosses the Columbia river in a northerly and southerly direction, and has four marked lanes, two for northbound and two for southbound traffic. Separating the…