Harris v. Harris

Smith, Justice.

Although married since 1964, Joseph and Mariah Harris had lived in a state of separation for approximately ten years when on October 9,1982, Mariah Harris was struck by an automobile driven by Joseph and severely injured. The automobile was owned by a woman with whom Joseph Harris had lived, intermittently, for the past ten years and was driven by him with her permission.

Mariah Harris sued for personal injury in Chatham County Superior Court, alleging that Joseph was guilty of gross negligence in his operation of the vehicle. She prayed for $60,000 in compensatory damages and…