scope of employment vicarious liability
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Summary judgment, boating, respondeat superior, scope of employment, vicarious liability, tort.
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summary judgment; trust; conversion; legal malpractice; respondeat superior; vicarious liability; intentional tort; scope of employment; expert report
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Real estate broker appealed from judgment, which found that broker was vicariously liable for fraudulent misrepresentations made by its real estate salesperson to a client-buyer of six residential rental properties. Trial court did not err in concluding that real estate brokers liability would be based on theory of vicarious liability; although real estate brokers and real estate salesperson may establish independent contractor relationships between themselves, the relationship is treated as a principal-agent relationship as to torts against third parties. Trial court failed to instruct jury that real estate broker was vicariously liable only if real estate salesperson was acting within the scope of employment when she committed fraud; however, such failure was harmless, because real...
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..., and the possibility of employer liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior and theo... is obligated to furnish "a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are cau...Most notably, employers may be vicariously liable for the acts of their employees under the t... committed by an employee in the course and scope of employment. Vicarious liability, or respondeat ...
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... This case requires us to decide whether vicarious liability principles under the Jones Act allow a s... that Cosenza was acting in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident. Bec...
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Criminal LawPost-Conviction Motion Failure To Make FindingsWhere a defendant argued that in his motion for post-conviction relief that his counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him of his right to present closing argument, the judgment denying the motion did not include any findings of fact or conclusions of law on this claim, so the case must be remanded for the entry of such findings. Judgment is affirmed in part; remanded. Henley v. State (MLW No. 64317/Case No. ED97123 - 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, per curiam) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Ross, J. (Scott Thompson for appellant) (Chris Koster and Dora A. Fichter for respondent).
Domestic Relations College CostsMathematical Error Where a prior judgment in a dissolution required a fa...
... housekeeper was acting in the course and scope of employment, so a claim for vicarious liability ...
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... was not acting within the scope of her employment at the time of her collision wit... the United States could not be held vicariously liable for Scott's negligence. Fo... respondeat superior liability. . See Oaks v. Connors, 660 A.2d 423 (Md. 1995); D...
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... was not acting within the scope of her employment at the time of her collision wit... the United States could not be held vicariously liable for Scott's negligence. Fo... respondeat superior liability. . See Oaks v. Connors, 660 A.2d 423 (Md. 1995); D...
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... the acts of their agents, done within the scope of their employment, that injure third parties.91 ...
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... was not acting within the scope of her employment at the time of her collision wit... the United States could not be held vicariously liable for Scott's negligence. Fo... respondeat superior liability. . See Oaks v. Connors, 660 A.2d 423 (Md. 1995); D...