The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an employer could not be held vicariously liable for the deaths of two employees who were carpooling to work.
Case: Mar-Jac Poultry MS v. Live, No. 2017-IA-01522-SCT, 06/13/2019, published.
Facts: Senah Carter worked for Mar-Jac Poultry. He drove Lishanay Wilks and Keannie Love to work almost every day for approximately three weeks.
On Sept. 22, 2015, Carter drove his vehicle into the back of a school bus. Wilks and Love were killed.
Procedural history: The families filed wrongful death suits against Carter. They also asserted that M...
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