Birkner v. Salt Lake County

How courts have described this case

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• holding that therapist’s sexual relationship with a patient was not within the scope of his employment
• concluding County not liable under respondeat superior doctrine because employee's conduct was outside scope of employment
• concluding County not liable under re-spondeat superior doctrine because employee's conduct was outside scope of employment
• stating that sexual misconduct with a client is not the general kind of activity a therapist is hired to perform
• stating that therapist’s sexual misconduct with client was not intended to benefit employer
• allowing plaintiff to sue county for negligent supervision and hiring of a social worker who allegedly sexually assaulted the plaintiff

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).