An employee who operates a car on company business is an agent or representative of that company. In North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States, when that employee is negligent and causes a car accident, you can sue both the employee and his or her company for damages. Yet, recovering damages from an employer and their insurance is not automatic.
Our car accident attorneys at Rhine Law Firm in Wilmington can develop evidence to overcome the defenses that employers use to challenge their vicarious liability for an employee’s negligence. We use the expertise we have developed in more than 34 years of representing injured North Carolina motorists to recover the largest damages awards that are available to compensate them for their injuries and losses.