Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

Re: using someone else's car

depends on how much he drove it, whether he knows how to drive a manual transmission, whether he burned out the clutch. If he broke it, he is responsible for at least some of the replacement cost. If it was 95% gone when he got it and it "went" on his watch because he was driving incorrectly, then he is in for 5%.

sounds like she won't be his girlfriend for long if it is coming to this!

Re: using someone else's car

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Legally, he is not responsible unless he was the cause of the problem. Morally, he may feel some responsibility. If he values the relationship, he should offer to help his girlfriend fix the car as a thank you for allowing him to use it for that period. A rental would have cost some money had she not allowed him.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.