STEPHENS v. JONES


710 S.W.2d 38 (1984)

Evelyn STEPHENS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry G. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied October 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Mark Turk, Flynn & Associates, Attorneys P.C., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas W. Schlater, Brenda R. Measells, Nashville, for defendant-appellant.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 1, 1984.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The question in this action, involving a mother-passenger in her own car being driven by her sixteen year old daughter, is whether the trial judge should have instructed the jury on principles that would have allowed the jury to impute the contributory negligence of the driver to the passenger.

On August 13, 1981, after having spent much...

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