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Conflict of Laws Keyed to Hay, 16th Ed.
Babcock v. Jackson
Citation:
12 N.Y.2d 473, 240 N.Y.S.2d 743, 191 N.E.2d 279 (1963)Facts
On September 16, 1960, Georgia Babcock and her friends William and Mabel Jackson, all residents of Rochester, New York, departed for a weekend trip to Canada in William Jackson’s automobile, which was garaged, licensed, and insured in New York. Miss Babcock traveled as a guest passenger. While Mr. Jackson was driving in Ontario, Canada, he apparently lost control of the vehicle, which went off the highway and struck a stone wall, causing serious injuries to Miss Babcock. Upon returning to New York, she brought a negligence action against William Jackson. Ontario law at the time had a guest statute barring recovery by gratuitous passengers against drivers, while New York law imposed no such limitation on recovery.
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