ALEXANDRIA, VA - Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) President & CEO Tom James testified before Congress Sept. 28 in support of preservation of the existing federal law, known as the Graves/Boucher Law, which preempts states from imposing vicarious liability on owners of rented and leased vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit invoked the federal Graves Law in ruling that a vehicle lessor could not be held vicariously liable on the sole basis of vehicle ownership.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA - An effort to repeal the federal law prohibiting states from imposing vicarious liability on owners of rented and leased vehicles was further quashed May 26 by the Truck Renting and Leasing Association and its industry allies.
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