Tucked inside the recently signed $287 billion federal transportation funding act is a "tort reform" provision eliminating vicarious liability laws applying to auto rental and leasing companies in 16 states and the District of Columbia. The provision is the culmination of a 10-year lobbying effort by various transportation groups. Plaintiffs attorney Mark S. Moller said under the new rule, "Rental car companies are going to be let off the hook for giving their cars to bad drivers who cause accidents."
August 29, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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