Premo v. General Motors Corp.

This case involves a negligence claim. Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting summary disposition for defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm.

Plaintiff Linda Premo was injured when the vehicle in which she was riding was struck by a vehicle owned and driven by Eugene R. Kusowski, an off-duty employee of defendant General Motors, who was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Plaintiffs alleged that Kusowski was supposed to work at defendant’s plant on June 8, 1991, from 4:00 p.m. until midnight, but that he left the workplace without authorization at…