Department of Transportation v. Christensen

Plaintiffs William and Adele Farmer brought this negligence action against, among others, Eldon C. Christensen and the Michigan Department of Transportation (mdot) for injuries sustained in a traffic accident that ensued after a gravel hopper loaded on a flatbed semitrailer-truck driven by Chistensen struck a highway overpass. The force of the impact knocked the gravel hopper off the semitrailer-truck and onto the highway where plaintiffs’ vehicle struck it. The height of the gravel hopper at the point of impact was over the statutorily allowed maximum. The moot brought a cross-claim against…