Young v. Bailey

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant asks us to reverse the trial court’s refusal to reduce a verdict for personal injuries recovered by a guest passenger against the host driver for medical expenses and loss of salary paid by the host driver’s insurance carrier, an issue not yet settled in this jurisdiction. For reasons to be explained we decline to reverse.

Around midnight on April 21, 1985 Norman Young and George Bailey were in Young’s pickup truck driving near Alpena, Arkansas. They had been together most of the afternoon and part of the evening, riding around and drinking beer. Several miles…