Yong Tao v. Heng Bin Li

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Kulik, J.

The trial court summarily dismissed a passenger’s suit for personal injuries against the driver, who led a caravan of three vans. The defendant was the driver of the first van and the director of a Seattle performing arts theater. He arranged for members of a Chinese dance troupe to perform in the Northwest. The plaintiff was a member of that troupe and a passenger in the second van. The lead driver set the dance troupe’s schedule, rented the vans, and made hotel and other arrangements for the troupe. The lead driver instructed the two other van drivers to follow at intervals of…