Walston v. White

Blackburn, Judge.

Appellant, Spring Melinda Walston, was allegedly injured in a November 1990 automobile accident when the vehicle she was traveling in was rear-ended by vehicles driven by Andrea Hughes and Jeffrey Birdsong. The vehicle driven by Birdsong was titled in Jack and Stephen White, and Stephen White was a passenger at the time of the accident. Walston brought suit to recover damages for her injuries against Hughes, Birdsong, Jack White and Stephen White. The trial court granted summary judgment for Jack White based on the inapplicability of the family purpose doctrine, and this…