Lefebvre v. Howell

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries, alleged to have been received by the plaintiff through the gross negligence of the defendant whose guest she was in an automobile driven by him. The defendant, a nephew of the plaintiff, started in the forenoon of a clear day from the plaintiff’s house in New Bedford, with her and her ten-year-old son, to drive to the home of his mother in Framingham. The automobile was of the. coupé type, and all three sat on the same seat. The roads were dry. At some point on the road the defendant turned from a straight, wide cement…