Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Let's say I rent a car. The rental place asks me if I want their insurance and I pass on it. They do not verify that I have any insurance at all.

I allowed someone to drive and they got into an accident with two other vehicles. Can the rental place be held liable at all?

This happened in CA.

What should I do?


Asked on 3/08/11, 6:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
BRUCE NELSON BRUCE E. NELSON ATTORNEY AT LAW

The rental company is liable up to 15/30 coverage unless the driver was excluded and it sounds like that is the case.It also sounds like you do not have insurance. Given the the apparent facts the rental company is off the hook and you swallowed it hook line and sinker. If you did not have insurance retain an attorney immediately if you did put them on notice of an impending claim. Since you passed on the collision and the med pay you will be responsible unless you had insurance.Never let an unauthorized driver drive a rental and never take it out of the permissible geographical parameters.This is fast water under the bridge now but the advice is for future reference.Hopefully the people involved were not seriously injured.

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Answered on 3/08/11, 6:41 am


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