Trudeau v. Haubrick

This is a lawsuit under the host-guest statute, RCW 46.08.080. The existence of a host-guest relationship is not in issue. A minor guest-passenger, through a guardian ad litem, is charging her host-driver, the defendant, with gross negligence in operating an automobile with defective brakes, thereby causing an accident resulting in injuries to the minor guest-passenger for which compensation or damages are sought herein. Upon completion of plaintiff’s case in the trial court, the defendant moved for a judgment of dismissal on the ground that the evidence was insufficient for the trial judge…