Lloyd v. Green

Inez Green, plaintiff in the lower court, was seriously injured shortly after midnight of August 28, 1951, when an automobile in which she was riding as a guest veered from the highway, traveled some distance and struck a culvert. She obtained a verdict and judgment against the driver, Ina D. Lloyd, for the injuries sustained, and we granted defendant a writ of error.

The dominant question is whether or not the evidence, when viewed most favorably to plaintiff, establishes gross negligence.

U. S. Route 501 in Halifax county extends generally in a northerly and southerly direction. Where the…