WEBER v. BUDGET TRUCK RENTAL, LLC

No. 65021-1-I.

254 P.3d 196 (2011)

162 Wn. App. 5

Gretchen WEBER, Appellant, v. BUDGET TRUCK RENTAL, LLC, a Delaware corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered June 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Simon Wampold , Ann Heacox Rosato , Peterson Young Putra , Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Steven David Robinson , Attorney at Law, Celeste Mountain Monroe , Karr Tuttle Campbell , Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 Negligent entrustment of a vehicle occurs when the person entrusting the vehicle knows or should know that at the time, the driver is not competent. Here there is no evidence that the driver appeared impaired or otherwise incompetent at the time he rented a vehicle from Budget Truck Rental, and the court properly granted summary judgment to Budget.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 At around noon on May 20, 2008, Timothy Turner entered...

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