ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:
Appellant Christopher Sugg filed suit in the Circuit Court of Monroe County alleging he was a guest passenger in a pickup truck driven by Jeffrey Sanderson and owned by G.H. Avery. Sugg was severely injured when the truck left the road and hit a tree. Both appellees denied charges of negligence and raised the defense of assumption of risk, claiming that both parties had been drinking.
The jury returned a verdict in favor of...
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