Cgl Facility Management, LLC v. Wiley

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

Keiana Wiley died when Michael Thad Clay crossed the center-line in his employer’s pickup truck and hit Wiley’s car head-on. Clay’s blood tested positive for methamphetamine. Bryant Wiley, acting as the administrator of his wife’s estate and her surviving spouse, sued Clay for wrongful death and sued Clay’s employer, CGL Facility Management, LLC, under theories of respondeat superior and negligent hiring, retention, entrustment, and maintenance. The defendants answered, and following discovery, CGL moved for summary judgment, arguing that Clay was not on the job when…