Lennon v. Woodbury

The respondents recovered judgment for injuries sustained by one of them while riding as a guest in an automobile owned and operated by the appellants, on the theory that the respondent driver was guilty of wilful misconduct in the operation of the automobile. The main contention of the appellants is that the evidence is not sufficient to establish wilful misconduct on the part of the driver. Briefly stated, the main question presented is whether wilful misconduct appears where.the driver of an automobile “did continue to drive his ear on the wet and slippery highway at a speed of over forty…