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Cobra 4 Enterprises, Inc.v.Karen Powell-Newman et al.

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
Docket No.A15A2346
DecidedMarch 16, 2016
Reporter320 Ga. App. 404
JudgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia
Tags
CivilTort LawNegligenceBusiness LawSummary JudgmentReversalRemandContract Interpretation
Case Summary

These consolidated appeals arose from an automobile collision involving a truck leased to Yellow Ribbon Tree Experts and driven by its employee. The injured plaintiff asserted negligence, negligent hiring and supervision, negligent entrustment, alter-ego, joint-venture, and respondeat-superior theories against the businesses and individuals involved. The Court of Appeals of Georgia held that Cobra 4 was entitled to summary judgment because it was not engaged in a joint venture with Yellow Ribbon and because the evidence required judgment for Cobra 4 on the alter-ego and negligent-entrustment claims. The court affirmed the 2014 order in one docket, reversed it in part in the other, and remanded with instructions to enter judgment for Cobra 4 on the specified claims.

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