Hertz Corp. v. Allstate Insurance

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis Grossman, J.), entered May 28, 1986, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Hertz rented a Ford Thunderbird to Muriel Dickman under an agreement by which Hertz, pursuant to its status as a self-insurer under the Vehicle and Traffic Law, agreed to provide bodily injury liability coverage with $100,000/$300,000 limits for its customer and any authorized operator. The Hertz vehicle was subsequently involved in a two-car collision in which its…