Woods v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.

SIMMS, Justice:

Certified Questions of Law from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Defendant, Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. (Budget), is a Delaware corporation engaged in the business of renting vehicles to other persons for those persons to operate.

Deborah L. Cartisano, the other defendant, rented one of Budget’s vehicles and was involved in an automobile accident with Donald Lee Woods, plaintiff. Woods filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma against Budget and Cartisano seeking damages for personal…