Bly-Magee v. Budget Rent-A-Car Corp.

Opinion

VOGEL (C. S.), J.

Appellant Budget Rent-A-Car Corporation (Budget) appeals from a judgment awarding damages of $291,000 in favor of Charlotte Bly-Magee (Bly-Magee). The jury found that Budget was negligent in failing to register a vehicle rented by Bly-Magee and that this negligence resulted in her arrest and incarceration. The trial court limited Budget’s voir dire to the issue of agency and refused to submit its special verdict form specifically describing nonparties for the allocation of comparative fault. Budget contends that each of these rulings is reversible error. We affirm.

Factu…