Wheeler v. Rural Mutual Casualty Insurance

A host driving a car in which his guest is riding is, in law, required to exercise such skill and judgment as he possesses in the management of the car with relation to the laws of the road and the exercise of ordinary care for the safety of his guest. “A guest takes the host as he finds him, so far as skill and judgment are concerned, but he is entitled to assume upon entering the car that the host will obey the laws of the road.” Olson v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. (1947), 252 Wis. 37, 40, 30 N. W. (2d) 196. See Poneitowcki v. Harres (1930), 200 Wis. 504, 509, 228 N. W. 126. It has…