Andre v. A.O. Smith Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding “serious danger to others” jury charge in case involving bodily injuries from car accident
• describing respondeat superior as an employer’s tort liability arising from an employee’s underlying tortious conduct
• ‘‘[although] the legislature’s authority to abrogate the common law is undeniable, we will not lightly impute such an intent to the legislature’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• court’s refusal to charge on special defense not improper where defense not reasonably supported by evidence
• “under the common-law principle of respondeat superior, an employer is vicariously liable for compensatory damages arising out of the tortious conduct of his employee when that conduct occurs during the course of the employee’s employment”
• no harm where court improperly permitted jury to begin deliberations before counsel reviewed exhibits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).