The state Supreme Court on Monday split 4-3 in favor of a company sued over an accident allegedly caused by a part-time employee who had been driving a company vehicle.
The plaintiff had pointed to evidence that the employee was “on call” at the time of the July 2004 accident in Forsyth County. But the majority opinion authored by Justice Harold D. Melton said that connection to the company wasn’t enough to send the case to a jury, especially in light of technology that enables employers to keep employees on a short leash.
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