Clearly its time for each voter to identify their current assemblyman, determine if they have voted the changes down, and then vote them out of office in November. NY can’t afford this lawyers tax anymore! All they do is protect their troughs and give PAC and campaign money to influential politicians to keep the trough full. THE VOTER IS THE BOSS AND ITS TIME WE EXERCISED OUR AS EMPLOYER !
THE VOTER IS THE BOSS AND ITS TIME WE EXERCISED OUR AUTHORITY AS EMPLOYER !
Here is the website to identify your assembly person. Right click, left click copy, highlight your address bar & go to it with your zip code. If we all did this it would make a difference…
I’m glad to see that the UAW is involved in trying to repeal the vicarious liability statue. Maybe this will wake up others in organized labor (both manufacturing and service) as to how costly their alliance with the plaintiff is. Service jobs have overtaken manufacturing in NY, and they tend to pay less. The frictional costs that are inherent in a liberal and litigious state like NY hurt the lower earning folks more. Wake up!
So the respective car company should get the TAX benefit of the depreciation of the car value through a lease but not bear any of the responsibility when negligence occurs. Brilliant reasoning for those who wish to see the law repealed. ALL BENEFIT AND NO RESPONSIBILITY.
Under current New York law, if a vehicle is purchased, the owner is liable; if leased, lessee is liable but leasing company is also sued because its name is on the title and has “deep pockets.”
New York is now the only state with unlimited vicarious liability. Connecticut and Rhode Island repealed their vicarious liability laws in 2003.
Under the under consideration in Albany as we speak, manufacturers would remain liable for defective products, but not for negligent drivers over which they have no control.This is a truly antiquated law dating to 1924 and meant to cover livery drivers of that era who had no assets or insurance of their own.
I contacted my congressperson Sue Kelly, Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, and Governor Pataki some time ago concerning this matter and never received a reply from any of them. I simply find it hard to believe that this antiquated law is still on the books. New Yorkers must unite to either remove the law or the lawmakers.
The resumption of leasing follows the Wednesday (8-10-05) signing by President George Bush of a $286 billion highway and transit construction bill that repeals New York’s 81-year-old â€ÂÂÂvicarious liability†law for vehicle lessors.
WOULD THIS APPLY TO ‘RENTAL’CARS?
Hmm, I dont know, Ive never leased a rental car – Have you?
Clearly its time for each voter to identify their current assemblyman, determine if they have voted the changes down, and then vote them out of office in November. NY can’t afford this lawyers tax anymore! All they do is protect their troughs and give PAC and campaign money to influential politicians to keep the trough full. THE VOTER IS THE BOSS AND ITS TIME WE EXERCISED OUR AS EMPLOYER !
THE VOTER IS THE BOSS AND ITS TIME WE EXERCISED OUR AUTHORITY AS EMPLOYER !
Here is the website to identify your assembly person. Right click, left click copy, highlight your address bar & go to it with your zip code. If we all did this it would make a difference…
http://capwiz.com/naii/state/main/?state=NY&view=localofficials#2
I’m glad to see that the UAW is involved in trying to repeal the vicarious liability statue. Maybe this will wake up others in organized labor (both manufacturing and service) as to how costly their alliance with the plaintiff is. Service jobs have overtaken manufacturing in NY, and they tend to pay less. The frictional costs that are inherent in a liberal and litigious state like NY hurt the lower earning folks more. Wake up!
So the respective car company should get the TAX benefit of the depreciation of the car value through a lease but not bear any of the responsibility when negligence occurs. Brilliant reasoning for those who wish to see the law repealed. ALL BENEFIT AND NO RESPONSIBILITY.
Under current New York law, if a vehicle is purchased, the owner is liable; if leased, lessee is liable but leasing company is also sued because its name is on the title and has “deep pockets.”
New York is now the only state with unlimited vicarious liability. Connecticut and Rhode Island repealed their vicarious liability laws in 2003.
Under the under consideration in Albany as we speak, manufacturers would remain liable for defective products, but not for negligent drivers over which they have no control.This is a truly antiquated law dating to 1924 and meant to cover livery drivers of that era who had no assets or insurance of their own.
I contacted my congressperson Sue Kelly, Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, and Governor Pataki some time ago concerning this matter and never received a reply from any of them. I simply find it hard to believe that this antiquated law is still on the books. New Yorkers must unite to either remove the law or the lawmakers.
THE LAW HAS CHANGED!!!
The resumption of leasing follows the Wednesday (8-10-05) signing by President George Bush of a $286 billion highway and transit construction bill that repeals New York’s 81-year-old â€ÂÂÂvicarious liability†law for vehicle lessors.