Keith v. Health-Pro Home Care Servs., Inc.

Summary

The court reversed the Court of Appeals and held that the plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to submit their negligent-hiring claim to the jury. The evidence, viewed favorably to the plaintiffs, supported the required negligence elements, including a nexus between the employment relationship and the injury, and the defendant’s proposed jury instruction misstated the law. The trial court therefore properly denied the defendant’s Rule 50 motions and rejected the requested instruction.