Atlanta Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Jackson

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Steven Jackson was involved in a collision with Mary Johns while driving a car he rented from Atlanta Rent-A-Car, Inc. (“ARAC”). Johns’s automobile insurance carrier paid her claim and then filed a subrogation action against Jackson. In turn, Jackson brought a third-party complaint for indemnification against ARAC, a self-insurer, and ARAC counterclaimed on the basis of an indemnification clause in the rental contract. Jackson moved for partial summary judgment as to ARAC’s liability, and ARAC appeals from the grant of that motion.

The rental contract executed by appellee…