Legal Opinion
Fried v. Seippel
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1992PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
Plaintiffs in both of these cases seek damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of two unrelated automobile accidents. The common elements are that both accidents occurred on the West Indies island of Jamaica and both involved vehicles that had been leased from Jamaican companies that were licensed, directly or indirectly, by car rental companies operating or based in New York. Each plaintiff contends that the New York rental concerns may be held liable under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 388, which makes a vehicle owner liable for the negligence of a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Farber v. SmolackNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Continental Auto Lease Corp. v. CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Johnson v. Hertz CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Morris v. Snappy Car Rental, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Li Fu v. Hong FuSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
- Argentina v. Emery World Wide Delivery Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Budget Rent-A-Car System, Inc. v. Nicole Chappell Joseph Powell, III Nicole ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Garcia v. Plaza Oldsmobile, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
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