Mahan v. Am-Gard, Inc.

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant Am-Gard, Inc., appeals the judgment entered in favor of Appellee Joan Mahan on October 5, 2001, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Following a jury trial, Appellant was found negligent in its hiring of Rodney Darvell Reed (Reed) as an unarmed security guard. Reed was assigned to guard the parking lot of Three Rivers Bank (the bank) on the evening of June 11, 1999. Three days later, during his off-hours, Reed shot and injured Appellee, then a teller at the bank, in the midst of a robbery. Upon review, we reverse.

¶ 2 The relevant facts and procedural…