AMERICAN MATERIAL SERVICES, INC. v. Giddens

Miller, Chief Judge.

Jolene C. Giddens sustained back and neck injuries when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck driven by Charles Chambers, an employee of American Material Services, Inc. (“American”), struck her vehicle on a Cochran roadway. Giddens sued Chambers, American and Transportation Casualty Insurance Company (“Transportation”), American’s insurer, for negligence and negligent hiring, retention and entrustment and also sought recovery of punitive damages. American, Chambers, and Transportation (collectively, “Appellants”) appeal from the final judgment entered on the jury verdict in…