Legal Opinion

Cullara v. Building & Earth Sciences, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 8, 2016No. A16A1735Published

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Judge.

An employee of Building & Earth Sciences, Inc. (“BES”) drove a company vehicle while drunk and collided with Frank Cullara’s vehicle. Cullara sued the now-former employee and BES. The trial court granted summary judgment to BES on Cullara’s negligent entrustment claim, concluding that BES had no knowledge that the former employee had a pattern of reckless driving because the evidence showed the company’s knowledge of only one prior DUI conviction. Cullara appeals and argues that in concluding that BES did not have knowledge of the former employee’s additional prior DUI…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gunn v. BookerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. Patterson v. Southeastern Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Cgl Facility Management, LLC v. WileyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. BASHLOR v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  5. Lee v. SUNTRUST BANKCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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