Stam v. SALLES

On August 29, 1957, plaintiff was working on an overpass which was then being constructed over Highway 99E between Salem and Albany. At a time when plaintiff was working on the span across the highway, defendants attempted to drive a truck towing a mobile crane under the span. The crane collided with the span causing it to collapse as a result of which plaintiff sustained injury. This action resulted. Plaintiff was awarded verdict and judgment. Defendant appeals. This is the same accident as that involved in Hazard v. Salles, decided June 29, 1960, 222 Or 559, 353 P2d 548.

Defendants, in their…