Hill v. Garner

Appeal from Sup. Ct. Ore. dismissed for want of substantial federal question.

The issue presented by this appeal from the Oregon Supreme Court is whether Oregon’s guest-passenger statute, Ore. Rev. Stat. § 30.115 (1975), 1 violates either the Equal Protection or Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The statute, which prevents a nonpaying passenger from recovering against the owner or operator of a vehicle except in those situations in which the passenger’s injury is the result of an intentional or grossly negligent act on the part of the owner or operator, was upheld by the Oregon…