Case: Individual Employment Rights/Negligence (N.D. Miss.)

June 17, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

A Mississippi federal district court limited plaintiff’s negligent hiring claims against Kroger Limited Partnership I to actions taken on April 20, 2023, rather than the hiring decision of towing contractor CAC Operations LLC made months earlier, finding that Mississippi law on negligent hiring of independent contractors is unclear and plaintiff failed to provide necessary factual or legal support for the broader negligent hiring claim.

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