Graves v. Moore

Steele Hays, Justice.

This appeal involves the effect of the Arkansas Guest Statute (§ 75-913 et seq.) where the driver and passenger are fellow employees.

Jerry Moore and Erby Daniels are employees of Dog-patch USA. With Daniels as passenger, Moore drove his pickup home to get a post hole digger and was struck by William Graves while en route. Daniels was injured and sued Graves, who counterclaimed. Moore’s insurance carrier (MFA) intervened to assert subrogation rights against Graves for its payment to Daniels of $10,000 under the uninsured motorist provision of its policy. Graves denied…