Nordone v. Richardson

CARROLL, Judge.

This is an automobile accident case which involves the Florida guest-passenger statute, § 320.59 Fla.Stat, F.S.A.

A minor plaintiff sought damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by negligence of the defendant driver of an automobile in which he was a passenger. He was 19 years of age and a student at Miami-Dade Junior College. The accident occurred while he was being driven home from that “place of learning” after having attended class there.

The statute, which conditions recovery by a guest passenger from his host driver or car owner upon showing his loss or injury was…