Malan v. Lewis

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

STEWART, Justice:

The defendants, James C. and Brett Lewis, petitioned for a rehearing, contending that our holding in the main opinion that the Utah Guest Statute is unconstitutional should be applied prospectively only. In particular, they argue that the ruling *676should not apply to them because the plaintiffs cause of action arose before Critch-ley v. Vance, Utah, 575 P.2d 187 (1978), was decided, which sustained the constitutionality of the Guest Statute.

The general rule from time immemorial is that the ruling of a court is deemed to state the true nature of the law…