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Originally Posted by bimmertl
The decision applies to businesses that "rent or lease motor vehicles". That's extremely broad. A golf cart is a motor vehicle.
Florida's dangerous instrumentality doctrine applies to golf carts which would have created the vicarious liability to the owner of the rental agency. So this strikes that down. Their is no other owners liability statute or case law in Florida creating liability for the owner.
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Sounds good.
But what about the vehicle
"leased for one year" part of the supreme court decision?
Most people who rent golf carts or a rental home here aren't going to lease for one year, but rather would rent on a
seasonal basis, for 2-3-4 months or maybe a few weeks.
If a person needed a cart for at least one year, it would make no sense to rent one for that long.....the cost of renting one is high and a person staying here for a year or more would buy one.