{"id":5069,"date":"2026-10-31T03:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tmaddenlaw.com\/guides\/truck-accident-lawyer-georgia\/sue-truck-driver-employer-negligent-hiring-georgia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T01:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:52:43","slug":"sue-truck-driver-employer-negligent-hiring-georgia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tmaddenlaw.com\/guides\/truck-accident-lawyer-georgia\/sue-truck-driver-employer-negligent-hiring-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Sue a Truck Company for Negligent Hiring Georgia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hurt in a Truck Crash? Your Claim May Reach the Company Too.<\/h1>

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By Terance Madden \u00b7 Published October 30, 2026<\/p>\n\n

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Can You Sue a Trucking Company for Negligent Hiring in Georgia?<\/h2>\n

Yes. That claim is separate from holding the company responsible for what its driver did on the job.<\/p>\n

A tractor-trailer or box truck hit them, and they wonder whether the company that employed the driver can be named too.<\/p>\n

The answer is not always simple. The two routes below explain how each one works. Each route needs different proof, so it helps to know which one fits your facts.<\/p>\n\n

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Two Separate Routes Against a Trucking Company<\/h2>\n

A trucking company can be held responsible in two different ways. One route covers the driver’s work. The other covers the company’s own decisions.<\/p>\n

The first route is called vicarious liability (responsibility for another person’s acts). Georgia law says a person is liable for torts committed by “his servant by his command or in the prosecution and within the scope of his business.” That is the text of O.C.G.A. \u00a7 51-2-2<\/a>. In plain terms, a company can answer for a driver’s negligence when the driver was doing the company’s work.<\/p>\n

The second route is direct negligence.<\/p>\n

The vicarious route asks what the driver did and whether it was on the job.<\/p>\n

What Makes a Trucking Company Negligent in Hiring or Keeping a Driver<\/h2>\n

Georgia defines ordinary diligence as “that degree of care which is exercised by ordinarily prudent persons under the same or similar circumstances,” in O.C.G.A. \u00a7 51-1-2<\/a>. A carrier that skips basic checks may fall short of that standard.<\/p>\n

Common warning signs in a driver’s history include:<\/p>\n