Seriously, this suit against a canoe livery is stupid!

Hertz will soon be liable every time one of its cars is used in a holdup.

A 21 year old man and his friends rented canoes from a Canoe livery. They canoed to a train trestle. They climbed on the trestle and were jumping into the water when a train came along. The 21 year old instead of jumping, attempted to out run the train, was hit and killed.

His mother is suing the railroad, two railroad employees and the canoe livery.

Unless the canoe livery told the the young man to go jump in front of a train how can they be liable for renting a canoe. Is Hertz liable because it cannot determine which of the people renting its cars is crazy, normal, deranged and going to use the car to commit a crime?

Can you see the canoe livery owner in the future? Love to rent you a canoe, but you are not going to use the canoe to:

• Do something stupid?
• Rob a bank
• Try and out run a train?

Support Aaron’s Canoe & Kayak Center if you can.

See Mother of dead man files lawsuit.

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