Archer v. Rogers Construction, Inc.

(Pro Tempore).

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a directed verdict for the defendant in a wrongful death action. Plaintiff’s decedent was killed when the car he was driving apparently failed to negotiate a sharp turn onto a detour and toppled over the side of a temporary bridge over Salt Creek on Highway 58. The detour and the temporary bridge were constructed early in January 1965 after the permanent bridge was washed out in the December 1964 flood. On March 3, 1965, the defendant entered into a contract with the State Highway Commission to clean up debris on the highway…