Lee v. Martin

Olly NEAL, Judge.

This is a negligence and products-liability case. On May 6, 1992, appellant John Lee, who was age eighteen, attended a party hosted by appellee Ashley Martin, age seventeen. Upon leaving the party, Lee accidently backed'a borrowed car into a concrete bridge. When the car came to rest, one of its tires was suspended over a ditch. Lee sought the assistance of those at the party to extricate the vehicle from its precarious position. At Lee’s request and direction, Ashley Martin sat in the driver’s seat and accelerated the vehicle while Lee and others attempted to push it free.…