Legal Opinion

Vecchio v. Vecchio

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided April 22, 1936No. 25685PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.

The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant as they stood in the trial court.

As this cause was filed after the operative date of. the so-called “Guest Statute,” it was necessary for plaintiff to bring herself within the purview of that act.

She was a guest of the defendant at the time of injury, and unless she alleged wilful or wanton misconduct on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of her injuries, she would be out of court on demurrer before she had fairly started, so she employs the following specifications of negligence, viz.:

“(1) Defendant was careless and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Universal Concrete Pipe Co. v. BassettOhio Supreme Court · 1936

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. IvyOhio Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Masters v. New York Central Rd.Ohio Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Falls v. MortensenOregon Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Jenkins v. SharpOhio Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Akers v. StirnOhio Supreme Court · 1940

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