Buckel v. Nunn

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants Ron and Dennis Nunn (defendants). She alleged that defendants are vicariously liable for the acts of Steven Rodrigues, doing business as S&S Security and Loss Prevention (S&S Security), and his employee, Richard Rowe, that she claims constituted false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She assigns error to the grant of defendants’ motion for a directed verdict. The trial court ruled that, as a matter of law, plaintiffs vicarious liability claims fail, because Rodrigues and Rowe were independent contractors and not…