Harrison v. Pittman

I respectfully dissent.

Linda K. Pittman was what we quaintly call a “guest passenger” riding in an automobile operated by her husband.

It is my understanding of the law that a guest riding in an automobile is not required to use the same care and diligence as the operator but is required to use only that degree of care that an ordinarily prudent person would have observed under the same or similar circumstances, Talley v. Dalton, 10 Tenn.App. 597 (1928); that the law imposes a substantially higher burden upon the driver than is placed upon the passenger, Rogers v. Bouchard, 60 Tenn.App. 555,…