Lazar

Adam Lazar filed a class action complaint for damages and injunctive relief against four rental car companies alleging that they refused to rent automobiles to persons under age 25 or unreasonably restricted such rentals. After all of the alleged causes of action were adjudicated against Lazar, the trial court entered judgment in favor of defendants. In these consolidated appeals, Lazar argues, inter alia, that the trial court erred (1) in finding that a refusal to rent to drivers under age 25 is permitted by section 1936 of the Civil Code [1] and (2) by finding the imposition of age-based surcharges on drivers under age 25 was not unreasonably high or unlawfully discriminatory as a matter of law. We affirm the judgment.

In May 1995, appellant Adam Lazar filed a class action complaint seeking damages and injunctive relief against the Hertz Corporation, Budget Rent a Car Corporation, National Car Rental Systems, Inc. and Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc. [2] On his own behalf and on behalf of other persons ages 16 through 25, Lazar pled causes of action for age discrimination in violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act); unlawful, fraudulent and unfair business…