Upshaw v. Roberts Timber Co., Inc.

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Amanda Dawn Upshaw appeals an order granting summary judgment to Roberts Timber Company, Inc. (“Roberts Timber”), contending that the trial court erred in finding that Roberts Timber was not liable under the doctrines of respondeat superior and negligent entrustment for the injuries Upshaw sustained in an automobile accident. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

On appeal from a grant of summary judgment, we conduct a de novo review, and we view the evidence and the inferences drawn from it in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. A defendant…