Popa v. Hertz Corp.

This is an appeal from a consolidated action which combined three cases which all arose from the same car accident on May 11, 1986. On that day, Marie F. Peschl (Peschl) was driving a car owned by The Hertz Corporation (Hertz), when she crashed into a police squad car owned by the City of Milwaukee. The squad car was driven by officer Paul Popa (Popa), and officer Karl D. Zuberbier (Zuberbier) was a passenger.

Peschl's mother, Marion Peschl, was an employee of Hertz and had access to a company car for personal use. Peschl did not have permission from either Hertz or her mother to drive the car…