Gill Plumbing Co., Inc. v. MacOn

Benham, Judge.

Appellant Gill Plumbing Company, Inc., was the owner of the vehicle involved in a one-vehicle collision in which appellee’s wife died and Gill Plumbing employee Teffeteller was injured. Appellee filed a wrongful death action against appellant, and based his cause of action on the theories of respondeat superior and negligent entrustment. The trial court denied appellant’s motion for summary judgment, and we granted appellant’s application for interlocutory review of that ruling.

1. “ ‘The general rule of respondeat superior follows: When a servant causes an injury to another, the…