Interim Personnel of Central Virginia, Inc. v. Messer

SENIOR JUSTICE COMPTON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In these appeals arising from a single action alleging negligent hiring, the dispositive question is whether the trial court erred in ruling that foreseeability was a jury issue.

In November 1998, plaintiff Mildred Lynn Messer was injured when the vehicle she was operating near Charlottesville was struck from the rear. The collision was caused by defendant Ricky Edward East, who was intoxicated and was negligently operating a pickup truck that he had stolen from defendant Alumni Association of the University of Virginia.

Subsequently, the…