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Colorado justices ponder whether rental car companies are also ‘insurers’
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The Colorado Supreme Court considered last week whether car rental companies that offer insurance policies can also be deemed “insurers” who may be sued for their failure to pay out benefits on claims. Hertz Corp. argued it was not an insurance company based on a sequence of events in the 1990s. The Supreme Court ruled…
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Colorado justices to hear cases on defendant who blamed mom, car rental companies as insurers
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced last week that it will analyze whether a person can be convicted of attempting to influence a public servant when they enlist another party to perform the deceit, and whether vehicle rental companies can be held legally liable as insurers when they choose to offer insurance policies. At least three…
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Appeals court says car rental companies can be sued as insurers
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Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last week that car rental companies can be sued as if they were insurance companies when they fail to pay benefits on policies they offer in the course of renting vehicles. After a hit-and-run driver caused two passengers to sustain more than $700,000 in medical bills, they sought payment from the…
