Opinion ID: 1058048
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: permission to use the car

Text: Sharon testified that she and her husband expressly and repeatedly instructed Krystal not to allow anyone else to use the car. She also testified that she never had met Steven, and if Krystal allowed others to use the car it was without her knowledge and without her permission. Krystal also testified that her parents had expressly and repeatedly instructed her not to allow anyone else to use the car. However, she testified that she had allowed Daniels to drive the car once, contrary to their instructions. She further testified that she concealed the fact of Daniels' use from them because she would get in trouble if they found out. She testified that she never allowed Steven or anyone else to drive the car. Chris contradicted Krystal's testimony that she allowed only Daniels to drive the car, and only once. According to Chris, Krystal routinely let anyone who asked use the car while she was at work or while she was at the Parent House or Pamplin House with the group of friends. He testified that Daniels had driven it on multiple occasions, and that Krystal and Daniels previously argued because Daniels had been seen driving it. Chris also testified that he himself had driven it multiple times and that he had seen Robey and Steven drive it three or four times each before the day of the collision. Chris recalled only one occasion when she denied a request to use the car, when she told Robey he could not use it because he had not put gas in it after a prior use. Steven testified that he had driven the car once or twice before the events leading up to the collision, but only between the Pamplin House and the Parent House. He also testified that he had seen Daniels drive the car ten times but had never seen anyone else drive the car. Roell testified that she also had seen Daniels drive the car three or four times. Sometimes he drove the car alone and other times Krystal or Robey accompanied him. She also testified that Steven had told her he had used the car before the collision. Christina Parent, Steven's older sister, testified that she had seen Daniels drive the car countless times, and Krystal would lend it to anyone who asked. She also testified that she witnessed Krystal give the car keys to Steven the evening before the collision, telling him to take them from her because she had been drinking. However, Christina also testified that she believed Krystal gave him the keys to hide because she was upset and had been drinking, rather than to use himself.