NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 103.25
AGENCY - LENT EMPLOYEE DOCTRINE.
The test in determining whether a lent [agent] [employee] becomes
the agent of the person to whom the [agent] [employee] is loaned is
whether [he] [she] [it] passes under the control of that person with
regard not only to the work to be done, but also to the manner of
performing it.2
LENT EMPLOYEE WITH VEHICLE
Where a [principal] [employer] furnishes to another person a motor
vehicle and driver, [principal] [employer] remains responsible for the
negligent act(s) of the driver unless [he] [she] [it] so completely
surrenders control over the driver as virtually to suspend, temporarily at
least, the responsibility normally associated with control.
The test in determining whether a lent [agent] [employee] becomes
the agent of the person to whom the [agent] [employee] is loaned is
whether [he] [she] [it] passes under the control of that person with
regard not only to the work to be done, but also to the manner of
performing it.3
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 103.25 (Replacement May 2023). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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