Smith v. CRST International Inc.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

The overall issue in the present appeal is whether an employee injured in a motor vehicle (tractor-trailer) accident can recover civil damages under Iowa Code section 321.493 (1991) from the non-employer owner of the motor vehicle and two other defendants for the negligent act of the coemployee driver of the vehicle. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the motor vehicle’s owner and the two other defendants. We affirm the court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the two other defendants but reverse the court’s decision in favor of the motor…