Zedella v. Gibson

I respectfully dissent. The majority wants to make new Illinois law based on the California case of Mettelka v. Superior Court (1985), 173 Cal. App. 3d 1245, 219 Cal. Rptr. 697, a case that extends negligent entrustment to co-owners. It should be noted that Mettelka is based largely on a statute, section 17150 of the California Vehicle Code, setting out liability to “every owner of a motor vehicle *** for death or injury to person or property resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the operation of the motor vehicle *** by any person using or operating the same with the…