Aaron Engler v. Gulf Interstate Engineering Inc

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• 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

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Andrews v. Blake
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2003-05-20· cited 441×
• Lundberg v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-12-04· cited 136×
• Throop v. FE Young and Company
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1963-06-05· cited 84×
• Luth v. Rogers and Babler Construction Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-03-19· cited 68×
• State, Dept. of Admin. v. Schallock
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-07-17· cited 44×
• Santiago v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-07-03· cited 44×
• Scottsdale Jaycees v. SUPERIOR CT. OF MARICOPA CO.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-07-27· cited 37×
• Consolidated Motors, Inc. v. Ketcham
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1937-03-29· cited 32×
• Grammatico v. Industrial Commission
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2005-08-10· cited 28×
• Higgins v. Assmann Electronics, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-12-13· cited 27×
• Anderson v. Gobea
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-10-17· cited 24×
• State v. Superior Court, in & for County of Maricopa
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1974-07-17· cited 22×
• Robarge v. Bechtel Power Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-01-26· cited 21×
• Tarron v. Bowen MacHine & Fabricating, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-08-03· cited 20×
• Hynes v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1964-09-14· cited 18×
• Engler v. Gulf Interstate Engineering, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2011-08-09· cited 17×
• Pham v. OSP Consultants, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1999-07-08· cited 10×
• Carnes v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2011-04-07· cited 8×
• McCloud v. Kimbro
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-03-23· cited 5×