Squires v. City of Salina

Woleslagel, J.:

William J. Squires, appellant (Squires), and Byron T. Burke, appellee (Burke), were drivers of cars which collided in daylight at an intersection in Salina which ordinarily was protected by a stop sign facing Burke’s approach. The missing sign had toppled from trenching work in progress by appellee Kansas Power & Light Company (KP&L). Although KP&L employees had braced it back up, employees of appellee City of Salina (Salina) had laid the sign on the ground. Thereafter, and while trucks alongside the site flashed warning, the cars collided in the intersection. Squires filed a…