Eklund v. PRI Environmental, Inc.

HILL, Justice.

[¶ 1] Randy Eklund (Eklund) was injured when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by a co-worker, Terry Tebben (Tebben). The district court concluded that the co-worker was not acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident and granted the employer's, PRI Environmental, Inc.'s (PRI), motion for summary judgment on Ek-lTund's claim of vicarious liability on the theory of respondeat superior. Eklund also contends that a prior settlement entered into between PRI and the driver of Eklund's vehicle constituted collateral…