Labor/Employment
Oct. 19, 2013
Districts split on scope respondeat superior liability
If you require your employee to use her vehicle for work, two recent published cases suggest your liability may turn on which appellate district you draw. By Jeremy Robinson
Imagine: You are the managing partner at a law firm. One Saturday morning, you learn that the night before, one of your employees left work and later crashed into and killed an innocent driver. You are horrified at the death, of course. But you are also worried that your firm may be on the hook for the resulting damages. Even if you are not completely up to speed on respondeat superior law, you know the "going and coming" rule that no...
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