Ward v. Morlock

The issue that we address in this conflict of laws case is whether Florida’s dangerous instrumentality law should apply to a case arising out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred in South Carolina where the only two parties to the litigation are Florida residents. The material facts of the case are not in dispute. Appellee, Keith Mor-lock, and his family were vacationing in South Carolina with his brother-in-law, Paul Behrens, and his family. Behrens’ son needed a ride to a local airport, and Beh-rens asked Appellee if he could borrow his vehicle. Appellee consented, and while on the way…