Fuller v. Wiles

Plaintiff-appellant brought this action for personal injuries under the guest statute and appeals from the action of the trial court in directing a verdict for the defendant-appellee at the close of plaintiff’s evidence on liability.

The complaint alleged that on August 12, 1968, plaintiff was riding as a non-paying guest of defendant in a 1964 Chevrolet automobile and that he sustained personal injuries as a result of the “wanton and [sic] willful misconduct” of the defendant which consisted of suddenly and violently accelerating said automobile, causing it to swerve and go out of control,…