Braatz v. Continental Casualty Co.

The defendant was an inexperienced driver. The state authorities did not permit her to drive except when accompanied by a duly licensed driver. Sec. 85.08 (7), Stats. The majority, in their opinion, considered this case an ordinary host-guest case. However, there are facts here which contract the limits of the limited liability ordinarily present in the usual host-guest case. The plaintiff herself is primarily responsible for the vehicle’s being on a busy three-lane highway with an inexperienced and incompetent driver at the wheel. The driver was inexperienced. She had not touched an…