Salas v. Allstate Rent-A-Car, Inc.

OPINION

This case presents the issue of whether a short-term lessor of motor vehicles may be required to pay damages to persons injured by lessees of its motor vehicles when a lessee’s personal insurance has paid the Nevada financial responsibility minimum coverage to the injured parties. We conclude that it may be so required.

FACTS

Stephen J. Romeo, a resident of Pahrump, Nevada, leased a car from Allstate Rent-A-Car, Inc. According to an addendum attached to Romeo’s contract with Allstate, Romeo declined all supplemental coverage. The contract provided a warning that read, “[y]our own…