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BYRN v. AMERICAN UNIVERSAL INS. CO.

No. 37755.

548 S.W.2d 186 (1977)

Olan BYRN and Betty L. Byrn, guardians of Brian M. Byrn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN UNIVERSAL INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Three.

February 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Holliday, Kahoka, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Patrick Wheeler, Canton, Anderson & McMurray, Barry M. Anderson, Keokuk, Iowa, for defendant-respondent.

GUNN, Judge.

In this rather classic conflict of laws or, if preferred, choice of laws case, we are confronted with the issue of whether to apply the Iowa guest statute or Missouri tort law. Judy Lynn Byrn a Missouri resident, was a passenger in a car owned and operated by Robert W. Anderson, an uninsured motorist and an Iowa resident. The car left the road and struck an embankment and a utility pole in the State of Iowa. Judy Byrn and Anderson died as a result of...

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