Tavares

Filed 1/30/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Yolo)

MAURICIO TAVARES, C100576

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. CV-2021-0997)

v.

ZIPCAR, INC., et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County, David W. Rosenberg, Judge. Affirmed. Law Office of Stephanie J. Finelli, Stephanie J. Finelli; Demas Law Group, John N. Demas and Raymond E. Lewis, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Dana Alden Fox, and Eliot A. Bennion; Clyde & Co US, Douglas J. Collodel, Danny L. Worker (admitted pro hac vice), and Lindsay J. Bowman (admitted pro hac vice) for Defendants and Respondents PV Holdings Corporation and Zipcar, Inc.

1 Plaintiff Mauricio Tavares sued Zipcar, Inc. and PV Holding Corporation (collectively, Zipcar), the owner and lessor of the vehicle in which Tavares was riding, after the intoxicated driver lost control of the rented vehicle and crashed into a tree. Tavares seeks damages from Zipcar for negligently entrusting the vehicle to an intoxicated driver,…