Court Opinion

ID: 9935696
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:56:33.765579+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:00.902505
License: Public Domain

I concur in the result only. I think the raison d'etre for the Chief Justice's opinion is specious. I would continue to hold to the rule I expressed in McDermott v. Hambright,286 Ala. 249, 238 So.2d 876 (1970), that in order for a bailor to be guilty of negligent entrustment not only must he be guilty of negligence in the entrustment but the bailee must be negligent in the operation *Page 134 
of the vehicle. Otherwise, the negligent bailor could be held liable for the acts of a non-negligent bailee-an inconsistent result.