Clark v. Clark

The plaintiff, Frederica S. Clark, instituted this action against the defendant, Billy Ray Clark, her husband, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while she was riding as a guest in an automobile driven by him. The motion for judgment alleged that defendant was guilty of gross negligence which proximately caused the accident and plaintiff’s injuries. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the trial court sustained defendant’s motion to strike the evidence and entered *540summary judgment in his favor on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of gross…