Schiltz v. Meyer

We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

The issue is whether the substantive law of Ohio or Kentucky should be applied in an Ohio law suit between two residents of Kentucky, arising from an automobile accident which occurred in Ohio, wherein the plaintiff was a passenger-guest in an automobile driven by the defendant.

We have considered the rule of lex loci delicti in many previous cases. Freas v. Sullivan (1936), 130 Ohio St 486; Collins v. McClure (1944), 143 Ohio St. 569; Ellis v. Gar-*171wood (1958), 168 Ohio St. 241; Lyons v. Lyons (1965), 2 Ohio St. 2d 243; Fox v. Morrison Motor…