A company’s motion for summary judgment was denied by a federal judge in Maine, who concluded that genuine disputes of material fact remained regarding whether an employee who killed a man in a head-on collision was acting within the scope of his employment during the crash.
In a Sept. 21 opinion, U.S. District Chief Judge Jon D. Levy of the District of Maine denied defendant Northern Clearing’s motion for summary judgment, after concluding that there were, under the criteria set forth in Spencer and the principles of the Third Restatement, undisputed and disputed facts that could support a verdict in favor of the deceased man, Christopher Allen’s estate.
