VINCE v. WILSON

No. 87-117.

561 A.2d 103 (1989)

Mark VINCE v. Luella WILSON, Ace Auto Sales, Inc. and Gary Gardner, Pres., Ace Auto Sales, Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Lawrence and Carolyn A. Campe of Barr, Sternberg & Moss, P.C., Bennington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frederick deG. Harlow and Herbert G. Ogden, Jr. of Harlow Liccardi & Crawford, P.C., Rutland, for defendant-appellant Luella Wilson.

Gary R. Kupferer of Carbine, Pressly & Seager, Rutland, for defendants-appellees Gardner and Ace Auto Sales, Inc.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MAHADY, JJ.


MAHADY, Justice.

This personal injury action requires us to further refine our definition of the tort of negligent entrustment. Plaintiff, seriously injured in an automobile accident, brought suit against defendant Wilson, who had provided funding for her grandnephew, the driver of the car in which plaintiff was a passenger at the time of the accident, to purchase the vehicle. Subsequently Ace Auto Sales, Inc. and its president Gary Gardner were added as defendants...

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