Grimes v. Roe

Certiorari was granted to decide when the automobile guest passenger-host relationship commences.

The facts are clearly stated in the Court of Appeals opinion, as follows (146 Ga. App. 297 (246 SE2d 332) (1978)): "The deceased, Mrs. Webb, had been to a beauty shop located in a shopping center where the defendant met her and offered to drive her home. The defendant drove her automobile to the place where Mrs. Webb was standing; the defendant got out of her car and left the engine running. The defendant opened the right front door for Mrs. Webb, who put her purse on the front seat and her left…