Severson v. Hauck

The important questions are: 1. Whether the plaintiff guest assumed the risk of the defendant host-driver’s negligence in respect to speed and management and control; and 2. whether the finding that the plaintiff guest assumed the risk of the defendant’s negligence respecting speed and management and control was inconsistent with the finding that such negligence increased the danger or added a new danger to that which may have existed when the plaintiff guest entered the car. The plaintiff contends the defendant’s negligent speed and management and control were such momentary acts that as a…