Supreme Court of Illinois Limits Liability of Self-Insured Car Rental Company

On October 8, 2015, in DeShaw Nelson v. Donald Artley, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the First District Appellate Court  that ordered a car rental company to pay an accident victim $600,000 as a result of damages allegedly sustained in an automobile accident involving a car owned by the rental company and driven by an operator without his own insurance. At issue in DeShawn was the extent of financial liability that a self-insuring rental car company faces where a default judgment …

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