Conner v. McGrew

HOFFMAN, PRESIDING JUSTICE.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a directed verdict in defendant’s favor at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. The suit is for personal injuries arising out of an automobile collision wherein the plaintiff was a passenger in defendant’s car. Plaintiff’s position on the trial and on this appeal is that she was a paying passenger in defendant’s vehicle. Defendant does not, in her briefs, take issue with this point. So, for the purpose of this appeal, defendant’s standard of conduct is to be gauged by the rules of ordinary negligence.

The collision involved in this…