Bartja v. National Union Fire Insurance

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• holding that the punitive damages claim for negligent entrustment or supervision where the accident resulted from driver fatigue required evidence that the employer knew or should have known of the driver’s tendency to fall asleep at the wheel
• affirming summary judgment on plaintiff’s direct negligence claims against employer because employer’s admission of liability under respondeat superior rendered direct negligence claims “unnecessary and irrelevant”
• granting summary judgment as to punitive damages where the driver received citations for driving on the wrong side of the road, disregarding a stop sign, and driving into a parked vehicle, among other things
• record of two prior accidents did not “reveal culpability required” to survive summary judgment on punitive damages claim
• employer complied with federal hiring regulations and nothing in the record indicated employer knew employee “had a tendency to fall asleep at the wheel”
• employer complied with federal hiring regulations and nothing in the record indicated employer knew employee “had a tendency to fall asleep at the wheel”

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