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Show AUTO GUEST LIABILITYLA LIABILITYLAWS LIABILITY LA LAWS WS PROTECT OWNERS OWNt.RS OWNtRS OWNERSGuest OWNERSGuest . - Guest suit laws lav.s lavs lass . , . , limiting llmiting liability liabilityof liabilityof of the car owner tor for damages su- su sustained su sustained - . stained by non-piyIng non piyIng nnn.p'lyJng nnn.plyJng nnnplyJng non-plying plying - . ' passengers passengersin I Istained In his car . , are arP noIn no now no\\ no \ in effect In 25st3teS 25states 25 states st3teS besides Utah according to tothe tothe tothe I toI the Utah Motorist associationpricr associationPricr association associationPricr Pricr to these guest suit laws lawsI lawsffUests lawsguests lawsguests ffUests guests ffUestsere ' \ were \\ere ere frequently able to re- re recover recover re recover - - cover damage judgments , , even in incas incases Incases I cas cases where hcre no distinct blame at- at attached at attached . - tached to the owner , and numer numer- numerous numerous numerous - - ous injustices occurred It was to tocorrect tocorrect tocorrect correct this situation that guest guestsuit guestsuit guestsuit suit laws \ were ere evolvedIn evolvedIn evolved evolvedIn In general these la laws \ s provIde provIdethat providethat providethat that persons riding rldmg as guests guest . inautomobiles In Inautomobiles inautomobiles automobiles can not recover dam dam- damages damages . - ages for Injury in accidents unless unlessthey unlessthey unlessthey they are able to prove lutoxlcaUcn iiltoxicatlen intoxicationor lutoxlcaUcnor iiltoxicatlenor or wilful misconducti misconductThese misconduct misconductThese i These laws apply to persons personstransported personstransported . transported gratuitously In the theabsence theabsence theabsence . absence of this kind cf legislation legislationin legislationiii 111 iii a number of states , motorists motoristspassmg motoristspassing motoristspassing passmg passing throughartous through \ ' various \artous artous 'various stales states on onlong onlong onlong long tours should be particularly particularlycareful particularlycareful particularlycareful careful with regard to tIll the til " ' trans tranc tran5 transportation ; . ' portation 'PQrtation PQrtation of guests lest they incur incurthe incurthe incurthe the prospect of a damage suit In IncasE incase incase casE ' of ot injury to such stIch persons , the theAutomobIle theAutomobile theAutomobile AutomobIle Association Asscc1ation emphasJzed emphasized emphasJzedTIle emphasizedThe emphasizedThe TIle The practice of giving rides to tohitchhikers tohitch-hikers tohitch hikers 1 tch-hlkers tch hlkers hitch-hikers hitch hikers - was cited as an ex- ex example example - - ample of such a riskI risk I |
