Federal Insurance v. Executive Coach Luxury Travel, Inc.

{¶ 1} In March 2007, the Bluffton University (“Bluffton”) baseball team was scheduled to play multiple games in Sarasota, Florida. James Grandey Jr., Blufftoris head baseball coach, had contracted with Executive Coach Luxury Travel, Inc. (“Executive”) to transport the players and coaches to Florida. Jerome Niemeyer, an Executive employee, was a driver. While driving, he apparently mistook an exit ramp for another lane on the highway and was unable to stop the bus at the top of a ramp. The bus crashed onto the roadway below the interstate. Niemeyer, his wife, and five Bluffton players were…