FRANCIS v. CRAWFORD

No. 31,840-CA.

732 So.2d 152 (1999)

Patsy D. FRANCIS and Johnny D. Francis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gretchen S. CRAWFORD and Government Employees Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boggs & Thompson by A. Michael Boggs, Bossier City, Counsel for Appellants.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by Jack E. Carlisle, Jr., J. Martin Lattier, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellee The Hertz Corporation.

Hicks & Hubley by Michael S. Hubley, Anna Marie Sparks Keele, Shreveport, Counsel for Intervenor State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

This suit arises from a two-vehicle accident involving a rental car which was operated by an unauthorized driver. The plaintiffs asserted that the Hertz Corporation negligently entrusted its rental car to a lessee who it intended to bar from leasing its vehicles. The plaintiffs appeal from the trial court's granting of summary judgment on behalf of defendant Hertz. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

FACTS

The auto collision occurred...

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