502 So. 2d 51 - Caetano v. Bridges’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 451 So. 2d 844 - State v. Hogan · Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson · Susco Car Rental System of Florida v. Leonard · Weber v. Porco · 77 So. 2d 468 - May v. Palm Beach Chemical Company
Most-quoted passages
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“Under Florida's dangerous instrumentality doctrine, 'the owner of a vehicle is liable to third person for its negligent operation by anyone to whom it has been entrusted, even if the bailee grossly violates the owner's express instructions concerning its use.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hanley v. Forester“operator is involved in intentional misconduct which is not foreseeable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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