MID-STATES PLASTICS v. ESTATE OF BRYANT

No. 2006-SC-000425-DG.

245 S.W.3d 728 (2008)

MID-STATES PLASTICS, INC., Appellant, v. ESTATE OF William Clinton BRYANT, by and through his Executrix, Tina S. BRYANT, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Adams Chesnut, David Andrew Owen, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Thomas K. Herren, Herren & Adams, Lexington, KY, Curtis J. Dickinson, Woodstock, GA, Counsel for Appellees.


Opinion of the Court by Justice SCHRODER.

The question in this appeal is whether an employer is liable for an employee's tortious injuries to a guest who accompanied the employee on a business trip. We opine that in order to hold the employer liable for the employee's tortious injuries to the employee's guest on a business trip, the employee must have acted within the scope of his authority in inviting the guest and for the purpose of accomplishing the work of the...

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