Defendant's Verdict
Kevin Schnurbusch obtained a defendant's verdict for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission in this wrongful death action tried before Judge Timothy Patterson in Division 1 in Jefferson County, Missouri. Decedent was a passenger in an automobile driven by her husband that rear ended a Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy who had stopped at an intersection where the traffic lights had been knocked down the night before. Plaintiff's alleged that MoDot failed to follow their own policy manual in setting up temporary stop signs at the scene. Defendant argued that the intersection was made as reasonably safe as possible under the circumstances confronted by the MoDot repair crew.