Hurt v. Freeland

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] In this case we are asked to decide whether passengers are liable for the injuries and deaths caused by an intoxicated driver. We are also asked to decide whether false testimony may create civil liability. We affirm the summary judgments of dismissal, concluding that absent a special relationship, not present here, there is no basis for liability on the part of passengers of an intoxicated driver, and there is no basis for civil liability based on the claimed false testimony.

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[¶ 2] As reported in Hurt v. Freeland, 1997 ND 194, 569 N.W.2d 266, this case arises from an…