[gnicholas]

Just to be clear, corporations and executives do not get qualified immunity. They just get to pay with someone else's money (insurance, or shareholders) instead of their own.

I don't know why judges don't insist on jail time for someone in these situations. It might not make sense for a mistake that happened once, but after they knew it was happening and didn't fix their systems, the behavior was knowingly reckless.

[bombcar]

They get an effective form of “qualified immunity” even if it’s not codified.

Any individual doing what Hertz is doing would be facing prison time.