McDonald v. COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

David McDonald filed an action, based on respondeat superior, against Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (“Coca-Cola”), alleging that he was injured when a Coca-Cola employee negligently backed a tractor-trailer into his arm during a docking maneuver at a warehouse where McDonald was employed as a forklift operator. Coca-Cola denied the material allegations of the complaint and later filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that any injuries McDonald sustained were the result of a failure to exercise ordinary care for his own safety. The evidence, construed with an…