Enterprise Leasing Co. v. Allstate Insurance

RAKER, Judge.

The dispute in this case is between Enterprise Leasing Company, a self-insured lessor of motor vehicles, and Allstate Insurance Company, the automobile liability insurer of a les see, over who must provide primary liability coverage for a third party claim arising out of an automobile accident involving the leased Enterprise vehicle. The precise issue is whether the lessor of a motor vehicle is relieved of financial responsibility for third party claims resulting from the negligent operation of its rental vehicle by a permittee 1 when the vehicle’s operation is in violation of…