Jordan v. Cates

LAVENDER, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review the Court of Civil Appeals’ opinion which reversed the trial court’s partial summary judgment (at the pre-trial stage) for G-F-F Corporation d/b/a Shop N Save [employer or Shop N Save] on the issue of negligent hiring. Employer seeks affirmance of summary judgment given below on the issue of negligent hiring and Jordan seeks reversal of the trial court’s sustension of the employer’s motion in limine to exclude evidence of the employee’s past conduct. We hold that summary judgment is appropriate because the negligent-hiring theory imposes no…