GROSS, C.J.
The question in this case is whether an employer can be held vicariously liable for an employee's negligence in mishandling the car keys to his own car, thereby allowing a thief to steal the car and injure a third party. We hold that the employer cannot be held vicariously liable and affirm the final summary judgment entered by the circuit court.
Phillip Allan was struck by a car owned by Kenneth Graf. At the time of the collision, the car had...
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