Jorstad v. City of Lewiston

SPEAR, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Carol Jorstad as guardian ad litem for the children of Morris Koph, deceased. A judgment was obtained against the City of Lewiston on a cause of action arising out of an intersection accident, as a result of which plaintiff’s decedent was killed.

In the early morning hours of January 20, 1966, Morris Kopf, driving alone in a 1961 Rambler convertible northbound on Thain Road as it merged into 21st Street in Lewiston, Idaho, struck a concrete divider separating the two northbound lanes from the two southbound lanes and turn bays…