Faircloth v. Rash

The critical question in these appeals is whether the Superior Court correctly applied the “borrowed-servant” doctrine in granting summary judgment to defendants.

The complaint is based on negligence resulting in substantial fire damage and that claim and its causal relationship to an alleged injury are ordinarily issues of fact for the jury. Cf. Collins v. F. W. Woolworth Co., Del.Supr., 295 A.2d 732 (1972); Vanaman v. Milford Memorial Hospital, Inc., Del.Supr., 272 A.2d 718 (1970); Howard v. Food Fair Stores, New Castle, Inc., Del.Supr., 7 Storey 471, 201 A.2d 638 (1964) ; and see Torrack v.…