Pierson v. Black Canyon Aggregates, Inc.

In this case, Petitioner John W. Pierson drove over a seventeen-foot embankment into a gravel pit when the roadway on which he was traveling abruptly ended.. His vehicle landed on its roof, and he sustained injuries. *1216The property where the gravel pit was located was owned by Donald C. and Nellie L. Neal, and was under lease to Montrose County. Pierson brought this action against Respondents, Black Canyon Aggregates, Inc. and Chauncey Luttrell, the operators of the gravel pit pursuant to a gravel crushing agreement with Montrose County. Petitioners, John W. Pierson and his spouse, Wanda L.…