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Rental Car Companies Turn To Friends In Congress For A Favor
Category: In Your Face
Corporate welfare has many faces - some are pretty pathetic. The prosperous vehicle rental industry (Hertz, Avis and the rest) asked its friends in Congress for a tiny favor, and it was granted. According to SignOnSanDiego.com: "Inserted among the thousands of road projects in a massive highway bill Congress passed last summer was language annulling state 'vicarious liability' laws that hold vehicle rental and leasing companies liable when a driver without sufficient insurance causes a serious accident." Goodbye legal responsibility and hello more profits. I may be greedy, but I am not pathetic.
The industry had been pushing for years to get rid of vicarious liability..... Congress tried to end it in 1996 as part of a larger product liability bill, only to see President Clinton veto the legislation.Opponents say legislation overriding state laws on the issue protects a prosperous industry at the expense of seriously injured victims who may need a lifetime of medical care.
The Truck Renting and Leasing Association, which has led the effort against vicarious liability, said the new law will save the industry and its customers billions of dollars spent on costly liability awards, attorney fees and supplemental insurance premiums.
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