Sellers v. Sexton

The plaintiff in this wrongful death action appeals from a summary judgment for the defendant. The trial judge entered that judgment because he believed that Alabama's Guest Statute barred the plaintiff's negligence claim and that there was no wantonness shown, as a matter of law.

The facts are as follows:

Melanie Sexton and Alicia Sellers, both from Montgomery, were enrolled as first-year students at Judson College in Marion, Alabama, for the fall 1987-88 school term. It was their custom to ride together to and from Judson College and their homes in Montgomery. They would ride together on at…