Herrod v. Schimmelfing

In this case appellant Eunice A. Herrod (hereinafter Eunice) was plaintiff in a suit against appellee Elwin P. Schimmelfing (hereinafter Elwin), and she appeals from an order dismissing with prejudice her amended complaint on the ground that it was “insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a gross negligence action under the Guest Passenger Statute.”

On November 11, 1970, at about 6 o’clock p. m., according to her amended complaint, Eunice was a guest passenger in a 1965 Lincoln Continental automobile owned and being then operated by Elwin on Ninth Street North where it intersects with…