Brown v. Merlo
California Supreme Court
Watt & Leverenz and Reginald M. Watt for Plaintiff and Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TOBRINER, J.
Section 17158 of the Vehicle Code, California’s “automobile guest statute,” 1 deprives an injured automobile guest of any recovery for the careless driving of his host unless the injury results from the driver’s willful misconduct or intoxication. Thus, in those cases which the statute reaches, the provision withdraws from automobile “guests,” i.e., passengers who give no compensation for their ride, the protection against negligently inflicted injuries which Califorina law generally affords to all others. Plaintiff, an automobile guest who has been foreclosed by this…
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