Shackelford v. Green

Carley, Judge.

Appellee Green and appellant Shackelford were named as co-defendants in a negligence action wherein the plaintiff sought damages for personal injury. According to the allegations of the complaint, the proximate cause of the injury was the negligence of appellant “[wjhile acting as [appellee’s] agent. ...” Both appellee and appellant filed answers and both subsequently filed separate motions for summary judgment. As to appellee, the trial court granted summary judgment, holding there existed no legal relationship between the co-defendants such that appellee would be vicariously…