Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2008No. 07-12235PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated declaratory judgment and wrongful death actions require us to interpret the Graves Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 30106, a federal tort reform statute which purports to shield rental car companies from certain vicarious liability suits. We conclude that the tort claims at issue are within the Amendment’s preemption clause and not within its savings clause. We further conclude the statute is within Congress’s Article I powers. Accordingly, we affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of the rental car companies.
I
The pertinent facts are undisputed. The…
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