guest statute
- A law that restricts nonpaying car passengers from suing the driver for injuries unless the driver exhibited gross negligence or reckless behavior
- Under the guest statute, the accident victim can't sue the driver as he was just a social passenger.
- The young woman couldn't sue the driver for her injuries because of the guest statute.
- Despite the accident, the guest statute prevented the injured party from filing a lawsuit against the driver.
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