WASHINGTON - A New York court's $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be one of the last of its kind.Inserted among the thousands of road projects in a massive highway bill Congress passed last summer was language annulling state "vicarious liability" laws that hold vehicle rental and leasing companies liable when a driver without sufficient insurance causes a serious accident.The industry had been pushing for years to get rid of vicarious liability, which generally holds an employer responsible for the acts of an employee.....
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