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Message: [QUOTE="Mareiniss, post: 3592449, member: 714"] This is exactly right. NYS law deems the negligence of the driver (Boeheim) to automatically be the negligence of the owner of the vehicle (SU). Many people don’t know this, but it’s the law. That’s why you have to be VERY careful about letting anyone else drive a car that’s titled in your name. If they screw up, you’re on the hook too. In this case, the comparative negligence of the decedent - Jiminez - will be weighed against Boeheim’s. It appears to me that Jiminez may have been negligent, too, in failing to get out of the roadway in a timely manner. If Jiminez was 25% responsible, the jury would theoretically reduce his recovery by 25%, and so on. But this case will never get to a jury. The insurance companies will almost certainly resolve the case well before that point. [/QUOTE]