Bland v. WILLIAMS

Beverly Bland, plaintiff, appeals from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit granted in favor of the defendants Williams at the conclusion of her evidence in an action arising out of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Plaintiff was the guest passenger of Larry Williams, who was driving his father’s’ automobile at the time of the accident. While both Larry and his father were named as defendants, we will refer only to Larry herein. There was evidence that the car was new and that Larry was driving it for the first time.

The sole question is whether there was sufficient evidence of gross…