Delci v. Gutierrez Trucking Co.

OPINION

HALL, Judge.

¶ 1 Plaintiffs appeal the superior court’s order granting judgment on the pleadings for Defendants. Concluding that the owner/operator of a motor vehicle has no duty to protect the public from the negligent driving of a car thief, we affirm the superior court’s judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On July 15, 2006, Robert M. Delci, IV, and his son, Robert M. Delci, V, were involved in an automobile collision with an unknown person driving a 1995 Kenworth tractor pulling a 45-foot silver Wastech box trailer (the tractor-trailer). Mr. Delci was killed in the…