Capital City Insurance v. Hurst

PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Lecedrick Hurst — husband of Latasha Hurst — was killed on October 30, 2004, when he was thrown from his vehicle after it collided with Darral Bell’s vehicle. Minutes before the collision, Hurst and Bell had an altercation at an acquaintance’s house during which Hurst slapped and threatened Bell. A jury convicted Bell of manslaughter, without malice aforethought, in the heat of passion. Latasha Hurst brought a wrongful death action against Bell and, inter alia, his employer, Pinewood Logging, Inc. (“Pinewood”), as Bell was driving a Pinewood-owned vehicle when the…