TORTS - RECKLESSNESS - LIABILITY OF DRIVER UNDER "HOST-GUEST" STATUTE

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Iowa Code, 1927, sec. 5026-b1, provides that no automobile owner or operator shall be liable for injuries received by a gratuitous occupant therein, except those caused by the driver's intoxication or reckless operation. Defendant, a rather inexperienced driver, became excited upon coming to a hill and pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, causing an accident which injured plaintiff, a gratuitous passenger in the car. The jury found that defendant had been driving recklessly. In reversing for error in instruction, the court held that recklessness may or may not include wilfulness or wantonness, but always implies no care, coupled with disregard for the consequences. Siesseger v. Puth (Iowa 1931) 239 N. W. 46.

Recommended Citation

TORTS - RECKLESSNESS - LIABILITY OF DRIVER UNDER "HOST-GUEST" STATUTE, 30 Mich. L. Rev. 1348 (1932).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol30/iss8/26