For Which of the Following Actions Would an Employer Be

question 3

Multiple Choice

For which of the following actions would an employer be responsible under respondeat superior?

• A) An employee assaults a patient in the parking lot.
• B) An employee steals narcotic drugs from the medication room.
• C) An employee accidently prescribes the wrong medication.
• D) An employee knowingly defames the character of a patient.
• E) An employee gets into an auto accident on their way home from work.

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