Beck v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

Jerrie Beck was killed when the car she was driving left the roadway along a stretch of road from which state highway crews had been removing landslide debris over the previous ten days. Acting both individually and as the personal representative of Jerrie’s estate, her mother, Ida Marie Beck, sued the State. After trial and a jury verdict for the State, Beck appeals.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On the evening of October 24, 1986, seventeen-year-old Jerrie Beck drove along the Mitkof Highway near Petersburg with four passengers. Near mile 6.2, her car left the roadway. Jerrie…