Grange Indemnity Insurance Company v. Beavex, Inc.

Andrews, Judge.

This appeal is from the grant of summary judgment for BeavEx, Inc., a delivery services broker, in an action seeking to impose vicarious liability for a motor vehicle collision involving a driver BeavEx hired as an independent contractor. We affirm.

On March 17, 2014, as Pathe Sarr was making a delivery to Wells Fargo Bank pursuant to a BeavEx referral, he collided with the vehicle of Edward and Patricia Morris. The Morrises sued Sarr and BeavEx to recover for injuries sustained in the collision. On March 31, 2017, the trial court granted summary judgment for BeavEx on the…