Schofield v. Hertz Corp.

Pope, Judge.

On May 1, 1989, vehicles driven by appellant/plaintiff William Schofield and defendant Albertino Duriatti collided on U. S. Highway 78 in Clarke County, Georgia. Both men sustained injuries. An officer who investigated the accident averred that the vehicles collided almost totally head-on in the eastbound lane of Highway 78, which was the diréction Schofield was travelling. Duriatti, a French citizen who was living in London, had departed from London that day and upon arrival in Atlanta rented a car from appellee/defendant Hertz Corporation. Duriatti planned to drive the car that…