CHEROKEE ENTERPRISES, INC. v. ROGERS

No. 83-751.

451 So.2d 553 (1984)

CHEROKEE ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellant, v. Susan ROGERS, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Dressler, Cocoa Beach, for appellant.

James T. Walker of Brennan, McAliley, Hayskar, McAliley & Jefferson, P.A., Fort Pierce, for appellees.


COWART, Judge.

This case involves the vicarious liability of the owner of a motor vehicle for damages to a third party caused by the negligent operation of the vehicle by a thief who stole it from the owner's bailee.

Appellee Susan Rogers, the owner, delivered possession of her automobile to one George Rose, as bailee, so that he could drive it a few days to determine if he wished to buy it. Later, after drinking alcoholic beverages with a stranger, the bailee...

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