Getz v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[T]he [host] driver . . . had to keep his counterclaims free from contributory negligence, but in this he was not at “cross purposes” with his passenger, for [his passenger] did not sue [him], and in [the passenger’s] complaint, pretrial narrative, and at trial, in all respects, he was in accord with his host... in asserting that the [other] driver . .. was the sole negligent cause of the accident. At the trial, [the other driver] . . . strove to prove that [the host driver] was the sole negligent cause of the acci dent and succeeded in so persuading the jury. [The host driver] and his passenger... strove to prove that [the other driver] was the sole negligent cause of the accident and failed. There never was any contention, suggestion, or testimony on the part of [the passenger] that his host. . . was responsible in any way for the accident or his injuries.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mobbs v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.