Mazon v. Druxman

Defendants appeal from a $28,000 judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for general and special damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was injured while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile owned by defendant-parents and driven by their 16-year-old son, Barry A. Druxman. The family-car doctrine is not involved, so we refer to Barry as defendant. Plaintiff, a minor just under 15, appears by her guardian ad litem.

May 1, 1963, Barry borrowed his father’s automobile, drove to Edmond Meany Junior High School in Seattle, and met plaintiff to drive her home. They drove…