Adams v. Morris

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is a case in which recovery is sought for personal injuries resulting from an automobile-pedestrian collision.

In the early evening of November 25, 1974, at approximately 7:00 p. m., John Gonsoulin and Kenneth Adams, both age 17, were riding in an automobile owned by the Adams family. The two boys, both employed by a nearby hospital, went for the drive in order to smoke a marijuana cigarette during their work break. After Adams had driven but a block or two from the hospital, he switched places with Gonsoulin so that he could eat a box of chicken and drink a coke…