Section 50-13-15 - Aircraft guest statute--Guests without compensation--Liability. - South Dakota Statutes

50-13-15. Aircraft guest statute--Guests without compensation--Liability. No person transported by the owner or operator of any aircraft as his guest without compensation for such transportation shall have cause of action for damages against such owner or operator for injury, death, or loss, in case of accident, unless such accident shall have been caused by the willful and wanton misconduct of the owner or operator of such aircraft, and unless such willful and wanton misconduct contributed to the injury, death, or loss for which the action is brought; no person so transported shall have such cause of action if he has willfully or by want of ordinary care brought the injury upon himself.

Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0310 as enacted by SL 1949, ch 6.