Tae Kim v. Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.

In this case we are asked to decide whether plaintiff Peter Kim may maintain a negligence action against Budget Rent A Car for injuries sustained by plaintiff after one of Budget’s vehicles, with the keys left in its *194ignition, was stolen by a third party and used to commit a vehicular assault against plaintiff. The trial court dismissed this case on summary judgment. We accepted direct review, and affirm, holding that Budget did not owe a duty of care to plaintiff and that Budget’s negligence was not the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries.

FACTS

On the night of September 6, 1991, Demicus…