Legal Opinion
Bierkamp v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 27, 1980No. 63797PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REES, Justice.
The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the Iowa guest statute, section 321.494, The Code,1 is violative of Article I, section 6, of the Iowa Constitution. We conclude that the statute is constitutionally offensive and affirm the ruling of the trial court.
On April 10,1979, plaintiff Jodi Bierkamp filed a petition in three divisions alleging that she was a passenger in an auto driven by defendant Ricky Gene Rogers when the car crashed into a ditch, injuring the plaintiff. In her first division she alleged that her injuries were the result of Rogers’ negligence in the…
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