Perlmutter v. Whitney

This is an automobile negligence case arising out of an automobile collision which occurred on November 11, 1971, when the plaintiff, Nancy Perlmutter, was riding in an automobile driven by defendant James Balmer Whitney and owned by his wife, defendant Marcia Ann Whitney. At the time of the accident, the driver and his passenger were commuting from Ann Arbor to the Hawthorne Center in Northville, Michigan, where both were student teachers. Plaintiff allegedly paid defendant James Balmer Whitney $10 per month for this transportation.

The accident occurred on a return trip from Plymouth to Ann…