Steve Diezel, an employee of Island City Flying Service in Key West, Florida, stole a General Electric Credit Corp. (GECC) aircraft and crashed the plane while attempting to take off. GECC brought suit against Island City on the theory that it had negligently hired Diezel as an employee and was therefore legally responsible for Diezel’s act of theft. Diezel had a military prison record as a result of a drug offense and had been fired by Island City twice previously but had been immediately reinstated each time. Island City claimed that the evidence Chapter 38 Third Persons in Agency 893 was insufficient to establish that it had been negligent in employing Diezel.

Decide. [Island City Flying Service v General Electric, 585 So2d 274 (Fla)]

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