Shoop v. Hubbard

This guest case was submitted to the jury on both recklessness and defendant-driver being under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The jury answered interrogatories .finding defendant was not intoxicated but guilty of reckless driving. From judgment on verdict for plaintiff, defendant has appealed.

The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to create a jury question on recklessness.

Since the enactment of our guest statute in 1927 we have written scores of opinions construing it and announcing definitions and elements of recklessness. The earliest and most…