Mroz v. Vasold, Jr.

When the trial judge in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County granted the appellee’s motion for a judgment n.o.v. after a jury had rendered a verdict in favor of the appellants, they appealed. The only question involved is whether appellants offered sufficient evidence, in view of the Ohio “guest-passenger statute,” to require a submission of their case to the jury.

The appellee and the appellant, Richard P. Mroz (Mroz), neighbors in Baltimore County and college schoolmates, were visiting in the State of Ohio. In the middle of a clear July day in 1959, they set out, by automobile, for…