Stover v. Critchfield

WUEST, Justice.

This is an intermediate appeal from the circuit court’s decision on cross motions for summary judgment. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 22, 1989, Budget Rent-a-Car (Budget) rented a truck to Lewis Critchfield (Critchfield). The rental transaction took place at the airport in Boulder, Colorado. Critchfield drove the truck to Wisconsin and returned to Colorado via Interstate 90. While driving through South Dakota on that return trip, Critchfield was involved in an accident 1 with a car owned and driven by Gayle Stover and carrying four other passengers. The accident resulted in bodily…