Granger v. Travelers Insurance Co.

TATE, Judge.

Mrs. Granger, the plaintiff herein, was injured as the result of a defect in a highway under reconstruction. She and her husband seek to recover for damages occasioned by her personal injuries. Made defendant is the liability insurer of the highway contractor responsible for providing adequate warnings of hazards in the highway, which was open to local traffic.

The defendant insurer appeals from judgment awarding damages to the plaintiffs.

The particular road defect which caused the accident was a hump or ramp over a culvert laid across the highway. At its highest elevation, the…