CHAMPAGNE v. FARNSWORTH

No. 80-272.

612 S.W.2d 121 (1981)

Frank R. CHAMPAGNE et al, Appellants, v. Glen Dale FARNSWORTH, Administrator, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laser, Sharp & Huckabay, Little Rock, for appellants.

Dodds, Kidd, Ryan & Moore by Donald S. Ryan, Little Rock, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

This case involves the guest statute, the issue being whether the evidence of willful and wanton conduct under the statute is sufficient to support an award of damages to the estate of a deceased passenger.

On November 6, 1978, a 1975 Ford pickup truck being driven by Roy Scott Champagne, age seventeen, crossed the center line of State Highway 183 in Bryant, Arkansas, striking an oncoming truck belonging...

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