Bayer-Bel v. Litovsky

Opinion

VOGEL, J.

This is a tort action in which three defendants caused an automobile accident, one by negligently driving the car, the other two by negligently entrusting the car to the unlicensed driver. A jury found all three liable to plaintiff and allocated fault among the three defendants, and the trial court, in entering judgment on the verdict, made the driver jointly and severally liable for the entire judgment (noneconomic as well as economic damages), finding that Proposition 51 did not apply. The driver appeals, contending her liability for plaintiff’s noneconomic damages should be…