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MARTIN v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC.

353 A.2d 581 (1976)

Dorothy MARTIN and James E. Martin, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC., a Florida Corporation, et al., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided February 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bader and Robert Jacobs, Bader, Dorsey & Kreshtool, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellants.

H. Alfred Tarrant, Jr. and Everett P. Priestley, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.,

HERRMANN, Chief Justice.

We hold today that a bailment-lease of a motor vehicle, entered into in the regular course of a truck rental business, is subject to application of the doctrine of strict tort liability in favor of an injured bystander.

I.

According to the plaintiffs in this case:

A truck was leased by the defendant, Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., to Gagliardi Brothers, Inc., in the regular course...

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