Van Ry v. Montgomery

The plaintiffs in these consolidated actions sued the defendants to recover damages for personal injuries which they sustained in an automobile accident, which occurred shortly after one o’clock on the afternoon of August 27, 1958, at a point approximately 22.2 miles west of Cle Elum on primary state highway No. 2.

The point at which the accident occurred was in a construction area, so designated by appropriate markers placed at intervals along the highway west of the scene of the accident. A flagman had signalled for eastbound traffic to stop on the highway, and two automobiles preceding the…