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INADEQUATE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE CAUSES FRACTURES OF THORACIC VERTEBRAE
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States, counties, cities, and other government entities are obligated to post signs giving drivers adequate warning of dangerous road conditions.  However, even when the government has failed to install proper highway signs, such a claim will face several legal obstacles as certain notice provisions must be complied with and issues of government immunity addressed.

Summary of a Claim

Our client was a passenger in a vehicle which left a county road and plunged into a steep creek bed at the location of a series of three severe turns—each of which is nearly 90 degrees in nature.  The only sign posted by the County to warn drivers of the hazardous nature of these turns, was a single “S-curve” sign posted approximately one-half mile prior to the turns.  Within a few weeks after our client’s accident, the County posted six large arrow signs, two each, on the outside of the three turns.  Evidence existed that the County was aware of a number of prior accidents at the same location. 

Our attorneys deposed the County Highway Superintendent who admitted that the portion of roadway in question was “a dangerous curve section” and he “wouldn’t want to drive it over 10 miles an hour going around them, if that.”  An expert highway engineer retained by Burton & Simkin was prepared to testify that the signs posted by the County prior to the accident were both improper and inadequate.  Our client sustained unstable burst fractures of two thoracic vertebrae, which required surgery, and for her to wear a halo brace (immobilizing her head, neck, and back) for approximately three months, as well as a fracture of her leg.  The case settled for a significant amount prior to trial. 

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David J. Burton, Attorney
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