Rebecca A. Niebuhr v. Jacob Sieberg, Timothy Sieberg

Syllabus

1. The Safety Responsibility Act, Minn. Stat. § 169.09, subd. 5a, imposes vicarious liability on a motor vehicle owner for the tortious conduct of a permissive driver even when the driver is personally immune from liability for that conduct. 2. The coemployee immunity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act, Minn. Stat. § 176.061, subd. 5(e), provides a personal immunity to a coemployee, rather than a release of liability, and therefore does not protect motor vehicle owners who would otherwise be vicariously liable for the coemployee's conduct as the driver under the Safety Responsibility Act. Affirmed.