Kosrow v. Acker

Plaintiffs-appellants, Lillian Burrgess Kosrow, Carl E. Robinson and Richard J. Byrne (estates), are the administrators of the estates of Mary Ann Hoffman, Beverly Robinson, and Colleen Byrne, three women killed in a car accident when their car was struck by one driven by defendant Ronald S. Acker. Acker admitted liability, and the estates obtained a jury verdict against Acker and against defendant Jeffrey C. Smith, the owner of the automobile driven by Acker, based on negligent entrustment of his car to Acker. The claim of negligent entrustment was framed entirely as an issue of Acker’s…