In a win for car and truck rental companies, a panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court held in Liam Stanford v. Clayton Nogiec, 233 Conn. App. 862 (2025), that a rental company’s duty to investigate a prospective renter extends only to physical inspection of the renter’s driver’s license to confirm it is valid and unexpired. Unless the renter shows signs of unfitness to operate a motor vehicle, a rental company has no further duty to investigate a driver’s background or driving record.
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