Bavis v. Fonte

The facts involved in this appeal are not complex, and the issue presented is a narrow one.

The original suit was filed against the appellee and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. This appeal involves only the claim against Fonte. Plaintiff was a guest passenger in an automobile owned and operated by the appellee, who had been proceeding at a reasonable speed and driving cautiously. Suddenly, while driving along a 40-foot wide one-way, well-lighted street in Baltimore City on a wet, cloudy morning, the driver-defendant, at about 2:10 a.m. on April 8, 1962, failed to negotiate a slight curve,…