Evans v. White

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellee, Debbie Arant, aged 19, borrowed her grandmother’s automobile so that she and her friend, Shelia Stanfill, could drive from Paragould to Current River beach, just north of Pocahontas. Debbie promised her grandmother that she would not let anyone else drive the car. After an uneventful trip to the beach, the two of them drank some wine and met appellee Larry White. They decided to drive Debbie’s grandmother’s car to Larry’s home in Jonesboro. Debbie started driving, but just south of Pocahontas she asked that one of the others drive because of the wine she…