Klein v. Reynolds

As I understand the reasoning of the Court of Appeals, it was to the effect that a jury could reasonably conclude that the motivation of the driver, just prior to and at the moment of impact, was merely to satisfy his own desires to drive the automobile and thus not to “give hospitality” to anyone, and that in such event the guest statute would have no application. In so concluding the court relied principally on certain language in Stiltner v. Bahner (1967), 10 Ohio St. 2d 216, to the effect that a guest may cease to be a guest “where the driver ceases to be giving hospitality that will…