Court Opens Door for Vicarious Liability Suit Against Employer

The Louisiana Court of Appeals ruled last week that a worker deserves a second chance to assert her claims that her employer failed to protect her from a coworker who ran her over with a pallet jack after threatening to hurt her. Although the court said that Towana Carr's complaint was properly dismissed because she failed to state actionable claims for negligence or vicarious liability, the court said it was possible she could amend her claims to make them viable. As such, the court said the dismissal should not have been with prejudice. Carr's attorney, Thomas J. Hog...