The Only Defense an Employer Has to the Strict Liability

question 101

Multiple Choice

The only defense an employer has to the strict liability of respondeat superior is that the employee was outside the scope of employment.This defense is made using the language of frolic and detour by an employer when an agent

• A) acts outside the scope of employment.
• B) represents the employer in a third-party transaction.
• C) behaves as prescribed by the employer.
• D) receives no prior warning about tortious acts.
• E) advances the interests of the employer.

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