Legal Opinion
Villa-Capellan v. Mendoza
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 19, 2016No. 16477 308638/12PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Sharon A. M. Aarons, J.), entered January 13, 2015, which granted defendant U-Haul Company of Arizona’s (U-Haul) motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
On November 27, 2010, a vehicle owned by U-Haul and operated by defendant Mendoza collided with a vehicle owned and operated by plaintiff. Mendoza had rented the U-Haul vehicle on November 27, 2010, and returned it the following day.
Under the Graves Amendment, the owner of a leased or rented motor vehicle cannot be held vicariously liable “for harm to persons or property that…
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