Thomas v. Herron

The majority of the court has resolved both questions involved against the appellant. Consequently, the affirmance of the judgment below could rest *64upon either. Since jurisdiction was assumed to consider both, as questions of great general interest, the disposition of each will be discussed.

First, is the owner of a motor vehicle who is riding in the vehicle while it is being driven by another on a purely social outing barred by the guest statute from recovery on a claim based on the simple negligence of the driver? The parties agree that, although Nancy was not the registered owner of the…