Yeah so that makes sense - the Jeep owner then has an action back against the dealership who employed the negligent driver for indemnity.
Now you have a situation where an employer likely has to pay for the negligence of its employee that it wouldn't have if the Michigan legislature hadn't come up with this strict liability system (that always screw things up). But I guess in the end, the estate gets more money and is better made whole . . . but the workers comp system was supposed to do that but hasnt' been adequately evolved and/or funded such that victims are always looking for tort recovery.