Alaubali v. Rite Aid Corp.

MEMORANDUM***

Salwa Sanany Alaubali and Baraka Sa-nany (“the Alaubalis”) appeal from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Rite Aid Corporation. Reviewing de novo, see Northrop Grumman Corp. v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co., 538 F.3d 1090, 1094 (9th Cir.2008), we affirm.

The Alaubalis seek to hold Rite Aid liable for negligently entrusting its trailers to a driver employed by Swift Transportation, Inc., a carrier hired by Rite Aid. They allege that the driver’s lack of adequate training caused the death of their decedent, also an employee of Swift.

Under California law, which governs the…