Sugar v. Traub

In this action for personal injuries by a social guest, the plaintiff-appellant contends that the trial court, sitting without a jury, erred in granting the defendant-appellee’s motion for a directed verdict. In appraising the appellee’s duty toward her guest the trial court applied the standard of reasonable care, but found insufficient evidence of any primary negligence on the part of the appellee, and also found that there was evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the appellant.

The appellee maintains that she owed to the appellant as a social guest only the duty to refrain…