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DREHER v. BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC.

Record No. 052508.

634 S.E.2d 324 (2006)

Sherman DREHER, et al. v. BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Breit (Joynes & Gaides Law Group, on briefs), for appellants.

Robert B. Delano, Jr., Richmond; Kimberly A. Chadwick, Fairfax (William N. Watkins; Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, Richmond; Doherty, Sheridan & Persian, Fairfax, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

This appeal presents a choice of law question in the context of two personal injury actions. We must decide whether a New York statute, which imposes vicarious liability on the owner of a vehicle for death or injuries caused by the negligence of a person operating the vehicle with the owner's permission, is a matter of tort, meaning Virginia's substantive law applies, or a matter of contract, meaning the New York statute applies...

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