Practice point: When security guards or bounders are hired to maintain order, they may be acting within the scope of their employment when they use physical force on the businesses' patrons.
Student note: An employer may be vicariously liable for its employees' negligence or intentional tortious conduct, as long as the employee's acts were committed in furtherance of the employer's business.
Case: Fauntleroy v. EMM Group Holdings LLC, NY Slip Op 08106 (1st Dept. 2015)
Here is the decision.
Tomorrow's issue: A motion to vacate a self-executing preclusion order.
