Fellows v. Sexton

This is a snit by a gnest passenger against his host, the owner and operator of a motor vehicle, for personal injuries sustained in an accident which occurred in Scott County, Va., on May 3, 1957, around 8 P.M.

The rights of the parties are controlled by the lex loci embodied in Sec. 8-646.1 of the Virginia Code. It reads:

“Liability for death or injury to guests in motor vehicle. No person transported by the owner or operator of any motor vehicle as a guest without payment for such transportation and no personal representative of any such guest so transported shall be entitled to recover…