Hargett's Telephone Contractors, Inc. v. McKeehan

Ruffin, Judge.

Catherine McKeehan was killed when her car collided with a truck driven by Jeffrey Dickson. McKeehan’s estate (“McKeehan”) brought this personal injury action, which includes allegations that Dickson caused the collision and that his employers, Hargett’s Telephone Contractors, Inc. (“Hargett”) and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (“BellSouth”) are liable for his actions through the doctrine of respondeat superior. The trial court denied Hargett’s and Bell-South’s motions for summary judgment, in which the companies sought to show that Dickson was not acting as their employee…