Supreme Court Upholds Employer's 'Loaned Servant' Defense

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an employer presented sufficient evidence to take its "loaned-servant" defense to a jury based on its showing that the employee who allegedly implemented a maintenance policy at a trucking company that led to a driver's fatal accident was under the control of the trucking company when he implemented the policy. Case: Eastman v. R. Warehousing and Port Services, No. 1111323, 08/30/2013, published.Facts: David Bentley was a truck driver with Richway Transportation Services Inc. In May 2009, Richway scheduled Bentley to deliver a load of steel co...