Heath v. Zellmer

The plaintiffs, the defendants, and the impleaded defendants all concur that Wilcox v. Wilcox (1965), 26 Wis. (2d) 617, 133 N. W. (2d) 408, governs the disposition of this case. The appellant, the host-driver of the Indiana car, takes the view that this is the reverse case of Wilcox and, since in Wilcox the Wisconsin host-guest relationship formed in Wisconsin remained significant, that the host-guest relationship in this case formed in Indiana is of controlling significance and must lead inexorably to the application of Indiana law. This view, however, takes into consideration only a single…