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Host and Guest are longtime residents of State X. Host invited Guest to ride with her from State X to a concert in State Y and back. The trip began and was to end in State X. While briefly passing through State Z, Host negligently lost control of the car and injured Guest.
State Z has a guest statute that bars a nonpaying passenger from recovering against a host driver for ordinary negligence. The stated purpose of the statute is to protect State Z hosts and insurers from collusive claims by their social guests. State X has abolished guest statutes and allows ordinary negligence claims by passengers. State Y has no connection other than the intended concert destination and also allows ordinary negligence claims.
Guest sues Host in State X court. Discuss which law should apply under traditional tort choice of law, Restatement Second analysis, and governmental interest analysis.