Legal Opinion
Young v. U-Haul Co. of D.C.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 2011No. 09-CV-1526PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant, Margaret Young, asks us to adopt, as a matter of first impression in this jurisdiction, an interpretation of 18 DCMR § 1100.12 (1995) that would impose strict liability on companies such as U-Haul that rent vehicles in the District of Columbia if they fail to do more than require presentment of a facially valid driver’s license from those seeking to rent vehicles from them. No other jurisdiction has adopted such a rule, and we decline to be the first (and only) one to do so. We therefore affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the U-Haul…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- People v. ShapiroNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
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