Legal Opinion
Munson v. State, Department of Highways
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1975No. 11594PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALDSON, Justice.
In 1970 Allen Ostergar died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on State Highway 26 near Blackfoot, Idaho. Ostergar owned the Dodge van in which he was riding, but it was being driven by Joseph Gooch, who also died as a result of the accident. The collision occurred when the van was driven into the rear of a pickup truck that had been stopped on the highway by the flagman of a State Department of Highways repair crew. The crew was under the immediate supervision of their foreman, James F. Mansfield.
The surviving heirs of Ostergar originally brought an action…
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