LAMBROS G. METRAKOS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CO., THE CLEVELAND UNION TERMINALS COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE
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The court considered whether a pedestrian injured by a car while alighting from it was still a guest under the Florida guest statute, and whether the host-guest relationship had ceased.
The court held that the plaintiff, having completed the trip and exited the car, was no longer a guest under the Florida guest statute, and thus the guest statute's requirement of proving gross negligence did not apply.
The plaintiff was a guest passenger in the defendant's car. After the car came to a complete stop and the plaintiff had exited the car and was standin…
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PER CURIAM.
Upon consideration of the briefs and' record in the above cause and the oral argument of the counsel therein, and perceiving no prejudicial error at the trial below, either preserved by timely objections at the trial or otherwise appearing, and the cause having been fairly submitted to the jury with a verdict for the defendant of no cause of action being by it returned,
It is hereby ordered that the judgment below be and it is hereby
Affirmed.
See, also, D.C., 12 F.R.D. 177.