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Not clear on what the new legislation covers? Here's one attorney's analysis of how the highway bill's Graves amendment will impact the vehicle rental industry.
Read More →MONTGOMERY, Ill. --- President George W. Bush on Aug. 10 signed the federal highway bill, which included an amendment eliminating vicarious liability for the vehicle renting and leasing industries. The law took effect immediately.
Read More →WASHINGTON D.C. --- The U.S. Congress last week approved legislation aimed at ending the practice of holding vehicle renting and leasing companies liable for the accidents of their customers or lessees.
Read More →TRENTON, N.J. -- The New Jersey Supreme Court on March 29 reversed an earlier Appellate Court ruling that Avis' status as a self-insurer automatically made the company's liability coverage primary in a case arising from a 1999 car accident on the Atlantic City expressway.
Read More →The battle to repeal or limit vicarious liability is still being waged in New York and Connecticut at the state level, but federal reform efforts may hold the most promise.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a setback for the industry's federal tort reform efforts, the House on April 1 rejected a proposed transportation bill amendment aimed at repealing all state vicarious lia...
Read More →The summer of 2003 saw independents and franchisees in the state scrambling to secure fleet insurance. Exposure arising from vicarious liability, combined with a hardened insurance market, produced a dearth of options.
Read More →In an ongoing effort to keep members informed about issues affecting the vehicle rental industry, ACTIF posts frequent state and federal legislative updates on the members-only section of its we...
Read More →WASHINGTON D.C. -- A coalition of vehicle rental and leasing companies this month launched an aggressive lobbying campaign for federal legislation that would override state vicarious liability l...
Read More →In Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island, automobile manufacturers have taken the lead, along with rental companies, in attempting to push Bills through Congress that would affect state vicario...
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