Buckingham v. Rapid Rental, Inc.

KAPLAN, District Judge.

This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident in Central Islip, New York, between an automobile driven by plaintiff and another automobile owned by defendant Rapid Rental, Inc. (“Budget”) and driven by a Budget employee, defendant Jose L. Mejia-Ascencio, who was a service agent at Budget’s Dulles Airport location. Budget moves for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that Mejia-Ascencio was a service agent who was not authorized to drive its vehicles except on the rental lot and that he therefore was operating the automobile without authority at…