Gilmore v. Schiewe

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while riding in defendant’s automobile. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. Upon defendant’s motion judgment n. o. v. was entered for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

On May 19,1961 plaintiff, defendant and two other high school pupils decided to “cut school.” Defendant got his car from the school parking lot and picked up the other three boys. After driving around for about three hours they stopped at a store and gas station where they purchased a dollar’s worth of gasoline and some cookies and soft drinks.…