64 Misc. 2d 752 - Platt v. Hertz Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1999
most recently cited
2 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thompson-Starrett Co. v. Otis Elevator Co. · Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, S. P. A. v. Lisi · Lisi v. Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, S. p. A.
Most-quoted passages
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“[Section 388] reflects an overpowering public interest to give an injured member of the public a right of action against the owner of a vehicle who is primarily responsible for placing it on the highway. It should certainly apply to owners engaged in the car rental business who clearly make no investigation of the capacity or sense ’ of responsibility of the lessee other than the production of the driver’s license or a deposit at the rental counter. The tremendous growth in the number of cars on the highways and in the car rental business which greatly adds to the number requires the application of Section 388 so as to achieve its intended purpose; namely to make owners who put vehicles on the highways responsible for accidents caused by negligence in the operation of those vehicles.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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