The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 19, Problem 2BS
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Case summary:Person A is an employee of the company ABC. A is provided with a car to take orders and render services to the customers. One day, A took his personal car for an official meeting and met with an accident. The accident resulted in severe injuries to person T and he wants to make ABC liable for the injuries caused to him.
To find: The Liability of the company for the damage caused to T by its employee.
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