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FRIED v. SEIPPEL

80 N.Y.2d 32 (1992)

Dorothy Fried, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Andrew Fried, Respondent, v. Alexander Seippel, Respondent, and Avis Rent-a-Car System, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant. Allayne K. Berkrot et al., Respondents, v. National Car Rental et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. Meyer, Rose L. Hoffer, Philip Hoffer and Henry J. Cernitz for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Alan B. Leibowitz and Nancy S. Stuzin for Dorothy Fried, respondent in the first above-entitled action.

William E. Fay, III, for National Car Rental, appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Harvey J. Kaufman and Richard E. Meyer for Herbert Kalmanoff, appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Brynne L. Haines for respondents in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

TITONE, J.

Plaintiffs in both of these cases seek damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of two unrelated automobile accidents. The common elements are that both accidents occurred on the West Indies island of Jamaica and both involved vehicles that had been leased from Jamaican companies that were licensed, directly or indirectly, by car rental companies operating or based in New York. Each plaintiff...

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