Friday v. Smoot

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.

This is a proceeding on Certification under Rule 20 of this Court, Del. C. Ann. The facts giving rise to the Certification are that plaintiff, a resident of Delaware, received personal injuries in an accident occurring in New Jersey involving the automobile of the defendant, a Delaware resident, in which the plaintiff was riding at the time as a non-paying guest. Action was brought in Delaware in which the defendant asserted the defense of 21 Del. C. Sec. 6101, the Delaware Guest Statute, permitting recovery by a guest from his host only for willful or wanton…