Brinkmoeller v. Wilson

We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

In reaching our. decision we do not hold, and have no intention of implying, that the duty of a taxicab driver to an intoxicated passenger includes acting as a nurse, guards ian, attendant or groom to such passenger. .Bather, the' thrust of our holding is that defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, made after counsel for .plaintiffs’ opening statement in this case, should have been overruled, based upon the totality of facts asserted in the opening statement plus the admissions in defendant’s answer, and plaintiffs permitted to present…