Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc. v. Estate of Zimmer

This case involves a suit brought for negligent supervision, which alleged Robert Zimmer, Sr., was harmed by employees of Appellant, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, Inc. (“ACTS”). Because we hold that Appellee, the Estate of Zimmer (“the Estate”), failed to prove as a matter of law its negligent supervision count, we reverse the judgment below and remand for entry of a directed verdict in favor of ACTS. This holding renders moot ACTS’s arguments related to the trial court’s jury instructions, its ruling on ACTS’s motion for remittitur, and its ruling on the sufficiency of the Estate’s…