Legal Opinion
Conway v. O'BRIEN
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 29, 1940No. 287PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict, holding the defendant, O’Brien, liable for a collision between a motor car which he was driving and another car, driven by one Wilson, upon a little travelled country road in Vermont. The plaintiff was a passenger in O’Brien’s car, and her right of action for injuries depends upon the “Guest-Occupant” law of Vermont (Public Laws of Vermont § 5113), by which the operator of a motor is not liable for injuries to “any occupant of the same” unless the operator receives pay for carrying the occupant, “or unless such…
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