Court Opinion

ID: 9603276
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:04:33.86687+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:10.117653
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HUDSON, Judge,
dissenting.
Taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, I conclude that the evidence forecasts a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the driver, Price, was engaged in the defendant’s business at the time of the collision. For example, Ms. Sherry Lee, the defendant’s then-president, testified that she was “aware that he [Price] was needing to drive the truck home in order to finish the business that he had in Hickory,” and that she had approved and authorized him to do so. This passage, among others, raises a possible inference that Price was going about the defendant’s business at the time of the collision. Accordingly, I would reverse the Order granting summary judgment, and remand this case for trial. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.