This case involves a motor accident resulting in death, and the allegedly insufficient organizational controls which lead top the accident. The target defendant is the general manager (GM) of a car dealership with a history of alcohol abuse. The CEO of the company was the defendant’s father-in-law, who had known of the defendant’s liquor consumption for some time. Furthermore,  it was generally understood among the employees at the dealership that the GM abused alcohol. One night, the GM took home a motorcycle from the dealership, putting her stepdaughter on the motorcycle with her in spite of the fact that she was intoxicated. At some point during the ride, the defendant lost control of the motorcycle and crashed the vehicle, killing her step-daughter in the accident. The plaintiff alleges that the policies and procedures of the dealership did not contain any regulations or mechanisms to prevent chronically intoxicated people from the operating the dealership’s vehicles.
