MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT PROTECTS DEALERSHIP FROM VICARIOUS LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE OF CUSTOMER DRIVING COURTESY VEHICLE: Garcia v. Steele, 2023 WL 4188359 (Mass. 2023)

Auto subrogation and car dealerships are no strangers to one another. Car dealerships and their insurers routinely seek to hold vehicle test drivers, customers, and other permissive users liable for physical damage to the dealers’ courtesy and rental vehicles and…