Boyte v. Ward North American Insurance Co.

| t CARAWAY, J.

The plaintiff/employee in this case was severely injured in an automobile accident while returning from work on a job in Mississippi. The accident occurred when the defendant/employee fell asleep while driving a company truck. The employer routinely deployed the employees to the jobsites of customers to service equipment that experienced mechanical problems. The trial court dismissed the plaintiff/employee’s tort claim against the fellow employee and the employer’s insurers following their motions for summary judgment. Finding that the employer’s immunity of the Workers’…