Aaron Engler v. Gulf Interstate Engineering Inc

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an employer was not vicariously liable for an employee’s rental car accident, despite the employer paying for the rental car
• noting that an employer/landowner is vicariously liable for off-premises injuries caused by the negligence of its employee
• observing that to be liable for an employee’s negligence, an employer must be subject to the employer’s control or right of control
• noting that the Workers’ Compensation Act contemplates a liberal interpretation of the employment relationship, and thus the reasoning underlying workers’ compensation cases does not apply to vicarious liability in tort cases
• stating the general rule that an employer can be held vicariously liable for an employee’s torts if the employee is acting “within the scope of employment when the accident occurs”
• agreeing with 22 the court of appeals that the Restatement (Third) § 7.07 sets forth the appropriate test for 23 evaluating whether an employee is acting within the scope of employment, and adopting 24 that test

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