Emery v. Small

The plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries received in a collision with a parked truck while riding westerly on Riverside Avenue in the city of Burlington in an automobile owned and operated by the defendant, and in which she was an invited guest passenger. The declaration alleges gross negligence, and a recovery is sought under the provisions of V. S. 47, § 10,223. From a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, defendant has excepted. The only exception briefed is to the denial of defendant’s motion for a directed verdict based upon the claimed absence of any evidence of gross negligence…