WILLDEN v. KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION

No. 11925.

476 P.2d 687 (1970)

25 Utah 2d 96

Allen WILLDEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, a Utah corporation, and Lee Cecil Hansen, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Thomas Peters, of Richman, Peters & Adamson, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Richard H. Moffat, of Moffat, Iverson & Taylor, Salt Lake City, for defendants and respondents.


CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Allen Willden sued Kennecott Copper Corporation for injuries he claims he suffered as a result of certain alleged acts of negligence of that company in transporting him in its ambulance from Bingham to a hospital in Salt Lake City. On the basis of the defendant's defense, relying on the "guest statute,"1 which precludes recovery by a guest passenger against his host except for intoxication or wilful misconduct...

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