Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. Argenbright Security, Inc.

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• implying that negligent supervision occurs when a supervisor sees employee misconduct but fails to intercede
• “[Defendant’s] duty to supervise is not merely to be judged by the concept of respondeat superior.” (quotations omitted)
• “[S]ince the conduct alleged … is not negligence but an intentional tort, appellant cannot recover damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress based on that conduct.”
• “At what point, if ever, [the employee’s] personal desires motivated his alleged physical contact with [the victim] is a factual question that should have been considered by a jury.”
• “[T]he search was initiated by [the employee] only after he had reason to believe that his employer’s interests had been affected (i.e., that merchandise had been stolen by the person he was about to search).”
• To establish negligent supervision or training the plaintiff needs to show (1) that the “employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner,” (2) the “employer knew or should have known” of the employee’s behavior, and (3

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