This may be stupider…

Via BOTW, this article is somewhat stunning.
Imaginative litigation on the part of the City of Detroit, but I’ll bet that goes to the state supreme court and gets overturned. If they had sued a car rental company it would be one thing. But for the purpose of everything but titling, at least in Indiana, that car belongs to the person who leased it. For instance, I lease a Dodge Intrepid. I have to pay for the insurance, repairs, license and registration (which is in MY name, not Chrysler Finance’s name). So for all intents and purposes, and as far as the State of Indiana is concerned, I own the car, and the leasing company is not responsible for anything I might do with the car during the period of the lease.
And that raises other concerns. If I commit a crime (like a bank robbery) and use my leased vehicle for a getaway car, is my leasing company going to be held partially responsible for the crime (like the gun manufacturers who are being held partially responsible for murders committed with their weapons)?
There’s a seriously slippery slope here, and I hope the Supreme Court of Michigan has enough sense to slap the shit out of the Court of Appeals on this.