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KRUEGER v. TAYLOR

No. 7950.

132 F.2d 736 (1942)

KRUEGER et al. v. TAYLOR.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 31, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Earl H. Davis and Lester Wood, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Frank H. Myers, with whom Messrs. Norman B. Frost and Frederic N. Towers were on the brief, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and VINSON and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellants sued appellee for personal injuries caused by an automobile accident in Virginia on February 13, 1938. Since they were guests in a car which he owned and drove, he was not liable under the law of Virginia unless he was guilty of what is there called "gross" or "culpable" negligence. The Virginia court has said of negligence that "to be gross it should shock fair-minded men."1 "A mere failure to skillfully...

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