Rhode Island Car-Leasing Company Found Liable In Lawsuit
August 12, 2002
A Rhode Island jury found a car-leasing company liable last week in the case of a Pawtucket woman who suffered severe injuries in an automobile accident. Judith Oliveira was stopped at a street light in her Subaru on the night of July 23, 1998, when Steven Lombardi, 20, slammed his Acura into the back of her car. Oliveira was left a paraplegic. She filed a lawsuit against Lombardi and Chase Manhattan Automotive Finance Corp., alleging that the car-leasing company was responsible for her injuries because it actually owned the car Lombardi was driving.
The $28 million verdict follows an April Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling stating that long-term lease companies, rental agencies and car financing corporations are subject to liability in accident cases because they own the vehicles they finance.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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