Delany v. Badame

This case involves the constitutionality of the Illinois guest statute. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 951/2, par. 9 — 201.

On the night of August 22, 1963, Anthony Badame, age 16, was driving his father’s motor vehicle upon a rural country road. He was accompanied by Philip Delany, a minor, and Samuel Gray. The road was level, and the surface was treated gravel. The weather was clear, and there were no obstructions to vision. The vehicle, while negotiating a curve, slid off the road and into a tree injuring the plaintiff, Philip Delany. The original action in the circuit court of Lake County…