Paula Johnson v. State Alaska

This tort case arises from a 1974 bicycle accident that severely injured appellant, Paula Johnson. When her accident occurred, Johnson was riding her new ten-speed bicycle along Phillips Field Road in Fairbanks. At trial Johnson had no recollection of how her accident occurred. An eyewitness to the accident testified that Johnson was traveling west as she approached the railroad tracks at the Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System (hereafter "MUS") spur track crossing, and that as Johnson reached the tracks, the front wheel of her bicycle caught, pitching her over the front of her bicycle. The incident occurred rapidly and Johnson did not break her fall.