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Case Name Soto v. Vujicic
Date 08/25/2011
Note An applicant and his workers' compensation insurer failed to prove that another motorist had owed the applicant a duty not to let his 19-year-old friend drive a truck.
Citation D056946
WCC Citation WCC 37952011 CA
SOTO v. VUJICIC HECTOR LARES SOTO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DARIO VUJICIC, Defendant and Respondent; LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Intervenor and Appellant. Soto was injured in a head-on collision when his work vehicle was hit by a diesel Dodge Ram pickup truck that was owned by defendant Vojislav Vujicic and his wife (not parties to this appeal; referred to together as V. Vujicic). In June 2008, Soto sued Dario, V. Vujicic and other family members, and Eric, on two causes of action, negligence and negligent entrustment. C. Opposition; Reply Both Soto and Intervenor filed opposition to the defense motions, lodging other deposition excerpts from Soto, Eric, the Vujicic defendants, and the third passenger in the truck, Nicholas West. Soto vigorously responds that this is a new argument on appeal of "superseding joint entrustment," and that Soto should be able to proceed on his original negligent entrustment theory equally against Dario and V. Vujicic.

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