West v. Village Ford-Mercury, Inc.

Ruffin, Judge.

Ronnie and Dutchie West sued Village Ford-Mercury, Inc. (“Village Ford”) under a negligent entrustment theory for damages sustained in an automobile collision. Village Ford moved for summary judgment, and the trial court granted the dealership’s motion. The Wests appeal. Finding no error, we affirm.

On appeal, we review the trial court’s summary judgment ruling de novo and “construe the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to [the Wests] as the nonmovant [s].” Summary judgment is appropriate only if no genuine issue of material fact remains…