Russell v. Parlee

The plaintiff received personal injuries while riding in an automobile operated by the defendant. The complaint set up two causes of action, one based on negligence, and one based on heedless and reckless disregard of the rights of others under our so-called guest statute (General Statutes, § 1628). In answer to written interrogatories the jury found that the plaintiff was entitled to recover upon the ground of the defendant’s negligence, but not upon the ground of her heedless and reckless disregard of the rights of others. The defendant appealed, assigning-error in the denial of its motion…