Breivo v. City of Aberdeen

During the early morning hours of April 3, 1971, Ronald Claxton was transporting himself and three passengers to their homes from a party in the City of Aberdeen. Traveling at an excessive rate of speed (between 50 and 80 miles per hour in a posted 35 mile-per-hour zone), the Claxton vehicle went out of control upon entering a curve on Curtis Street, a 4-lane arterial highway. After jumping over the curb and careening along the sidewalk for approximately 66 feet, the automobile violently collided with a solid barrier erected by the defendant City of Aberdeen to protect a breakaway light…