Firestone v. Freiling

In this action the plaintiff sought to recover the sum of $75,000.00 in damages from the defendant for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of an automobile collision which occurred on August 15, 1960.

In her petition, the plaintiff claimed the defendant was negligent in driving and operating his automobile at a speed in excess of sixty miles an hour during an attempt to pass other vehicles proceeding in his direction, and with negligence in crossing the center of the highway over into her side of the highway, striking the automobile which she was driving in her lane of…