Carlos Rodrigues De Freitas v. the Hertz Corporation

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

FEB 28 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CARLOS ALBERTO RODRIGUES DE Nos. 23-15913 FREITAS, an individual, and as 24-1713 Administrator of the Estate of Isabel Auler D.C. No. (deceased), 2:18-cv-01522-JAD-NJK Plaintiff - Appellant, MEMORANDUM*

v.

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 5, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: CLIFTON, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Carlos Alberto Rodrigues De Freitas brought this action against The Hertz

Corporation (“Hertz”) under several theories of negligence following the tragic

death of his partner Isabel Aparecida Auler from a collision accident that occurred

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. at Hertz’s rental-car return facility in Las Vegas. De Freitas appeals…