Legal Question in Personal Injury in Florida
Is the owner responsible
My boyfriend is being sued by an insurance company. About 5 years ago he let his girlfriend drive his car. He did not have bodily injury on the insurance. Well she got into a car accident and the guy she hit claimed his own insurance company so now the insurance company is now trying to sue my boyfriend and his ex girlfriend. I heard some where that the owner is not responsible for the car accident unless that person negagently gives lets the person drive the car (such as the driver doesn't have a lisense, or intoxicated, or mentally handicapped.) I wanted to know if that was true.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Is the owner responsible
If your boyfriend "let" his girlfriend use the car than she is deemed a permissive user and he is liable for her actions up to $100,000 under FL ST 324.021(9)(b)(3). But if all of this happened 5 years ago the Ins Co might have a statute of limitations problem which would prevent them from bringing suit.