Lillegraven v. Tengs

DIMOND, Justice.

The appellant, Rosellen Lillegraven (referred to here as the “plaintiff”), was injured in a motor vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. She commenced this action for damages against the appellee, Martin Tengs (referred to in this opinion as the “defendant”), who was the owner of the automobile in which she was a passenger at the time of the accident. He was not present, but he had furnished the car for his wife who had arranged for plaintiff and a friend, Susan Barrow, to accompany her on a “share-the-expense” trip from Seattle,…