Can a plaintiff in a workers' compensation case claim vicarious liability of an employer for torts of the employee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Church v. Arko, 142 Cal.Rptr. 92, 75 Cal.App.3d 291 (Cal. App. 1977):
Thus, while workers' compensation cases can be helpful in determining vicarious liability of the employer for torts of the employee, such cases are not controlling. (Castro v. State of California, supra, 70 Cal.App.3d 156, 159, 138 Cal.Rptr. 572.)
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