Legal Opinion
Murdza v. Zimmerman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 18, 2003PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wesley, J.
Stanley Murdza, a Canadian resident, was injured when struck by a van as he walked across an intersection in Ellicottville, New York. The van, operated by Robert Zimmerman, had been entrusted to his girlfriend Margaret Scicchitano by her employer, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W). The van was leased to B&W by its owners, D.L. Peterson Trust (the Trust) and PHH Fleet America Corporation (PHH). Although B&W’s employee handbook specifically restricted use of company vehicles to employees and their licensed, spouses, 1 the agreement leasing the vehicle…
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