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Shuck v. Means

Jonathan Zittrain

When a car renter allows a third-party to operate the vehicle (in violation of the rental agreement), can the rental agency be liable for the wrongful acts of the third-party? An eighteen year old got into a car accident with the plaintiff while driving a rental car leased out to his father. The teenager’s operation of the car was in violation of the rental agreement, and there was no evidence that the defendant rental agency was aware of this violation at the time.

Minnesota Supreme Court
302 Minn. 93, 226 N.W.2d 285
No. 44508
1974-11-08

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