LOFFLER v. OTTMAR

No. 37749.

69 Wn.2d 78 (1966)

417 P.2d 344

KENNETH C. LOFFLER, Respondent, v. BEN OTTMAR et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Smith & Smith, by Del Cary Smith, Jr., for appellants.

James P. Connelly and Cashatt, Williams, Connelly & Rekofke, for respondent.


HALE, J.

The tragic ending to a pleasant excursion, when a parked car slipped its brakes and carried a young college student to his death, brings up the question of host-guest relationships. Ben and Evelyn Ruth Ottmar let their son Allen take a car, a 1961 Pontiac Tempest with stick shift and rear-end transmission, to Eastern Washington State College at Cheney, where he and his high school friend, Jim Loffler, were to room...

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