Duffer v. Newman

This is a gross negligence case in which the administrator of Charlie Wayne Duffer, the deceased guest-occupant, recovered a jury verdict in the court below against the estate of Earl Danny Camp, the deceased host-driver. We review the action of the trial court in setting aside the verdict of the jury upon the ground that “there was insufficient evidence introduced in the trial of this case to carry the issue of defendant’s gross negligence to the jury----”

This action grew out of a single car accident which occurred about midnight on June 27,1972 in Charlotte County. It involved a Chevrolet…