Pfau v. Trent Aluminum Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

This appeal presents a eonflet of laws problem regarding a host’s liability to his guest for negligence arising out of an automobile accident. Plaintiff, a Connecticut domiciliary, was injured in Iowa while a passenger in an automobile driven by a New Jersey domiciliary and owned by a New Jersey corporation. Iowa has a guest statute which provides that a host-driver is not liable to his passenger-guest for ordinary negligence. The defendants pleaded, inter alia, the Iowa guest statute as a defense. On plaintiff’s motion, Judge Demos, in the…