Clevenger v. Fonseca

This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict awarding damages to the plaintiffs (hereinafter referred to in the singular). The action arose from a rear-end automobile collision at approximately 2:30 o’clock on the afternoon of April 3, 1957, on state highway No. 99, about four miles north of Tacoma. The road was a four-lane divided highway with a surfaced shoulder of an additional eight foot width. About three hundred yards to the rear of the scene of the accident was the crest of a hill. The road was dry and visibility was clear. Yelma Clevenger, the plaintiff wife, testified that on…