Burghardt v. Olson

This is an appeal by the defendant, Janet Olson, from a judgment which the circuit court entered in favor of the plaintiff Gary Burghardt after a jury had returned its verdict for him. The action is gov*157erned by our automobile guest statute, OES 30.110 which provides that a non-paying guest in an automobile has no cause of action against his host “unless the accident was intentional on the part of the owner or operator or caused by his gross negligence or intoxication or his reckless disregard of the rights of others.” The plaintiff, who was 16 years of age at the time of his injury, appears…