Diaz v. Carcamo

How courts have described this case

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• noting that states where the preemption rule coexists with comparative fault systems include California, Missouri, Georgia, Illinois, and Texas
• reaffirming Armenta, 267 P.2d 303, after the adoption of comparative negligence
• where employer admits vicarious liability for its employee’s negligent driving, plaintiff cannot pursue a negligent entrustment claim under the state’s system of allocating comparative fault
• “No matter how negligent an employer was in entrusting a vehicle to an employee, however, it is only if the employee then drove negligently that the employer can be liable for negligent entrustment, hiring, or retention.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).