Leonard v. Jackson

Plaintiff brought this action for damages for injuries she sustained when a large rock fell through the windshield of her automobile as she was traveling along the Columbia River highway in Umatilla County. The defendants are the members of the State Highway Commission, the state highway engineer, maintenance engineer, division engineer, district maintenance superintendent and section foreman.

In her amended complaint plaintiff alleged that defendants were negligent in planning and establishing said highway “adjacent to a cliff which was approximately vertical” so that “large rocks could and…