Henry Fletcher v. CFRA, LLC

Henry Fletcher (“Plaintiff”) sued CFRA, LLC (“CFRA”), which owns and operates an International House of Pancakes (“IHOP”) restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee, alleging that CFRA was liable for the actions of its IHOP employee, Kenneth W. Hale, Jr. (“Hale”), in connection with an assault upon Plaintiff committed by Hale.  The Circuit Court for Davidson County (“the Trial Court”) granted summary judgment to CFRA.  Plaintiff appeals the grant of summary judgment.  We find and hold that CFRA made a properly supported motion for summary judgment, that Plaintiff failed to show that there are genuine disputed issues of material fact that would preclude summary judgment, and that CFRA was entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law.  We, therefore, affirm the grant of summary judgment to CFRA.