GUEST STATUTE
guest statute.A law that bars a nonpaying passenger in a noncommercial vehicle from suing
the host-driver for damages resulting from the driver’s ordinary negligence. • Though once
common, guest statutes remain in force in only a few states. — Also termed automobile-guest
statute. Cf. FAMILY-PURPOSE RULE . [Cases: Automobiles 181. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §
791.] [Blacks Law 8th]