Carter v. Reed

STEAGALL, Justice.

The plaintiff, Ruth Carter, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of Lois Reed in an action alleging liability for injuries Carter sustained when the automobile Reed was driving hit a building. Carter was a passenger in that automobile.

Carter and Reed are close friends. Carter is unable to drive and, for several years before September 1992, Reed had driven Carter on weekly trips to run errands. Carter paid $5 to Reed for each trip. On September 17,1992, during their weekly trip, the automobile Reed was driving hit a building and Carter was injured; Carter had not…