Youngbluth v. Peoples

CAMPBELL, J. PRO TEMPORE

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Shortly after 5:00 p.m. on September 24, 1976, defendant Dorothy Peoples was driving her car on Interstate 5 in Portland when one of her tires went flat. She was driving in the left-hand lane of the three northbound lanes, and, because she felt the traffic was too heavy, she did not attempt to pull over to the right shoulder of the freeway. Shortly after Peoples stopped, defendant Donald Widner parked his pickup truck behind her to render assistance. Widner got…