Bryant v. Livigni

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that imputation to principal is proper “if the information concerns a matter within the scope of the agent’s authority.”
• agent's knowledge concerning fellow employee's dangerous propensities is \chargeable to the corporation if the information concerns a matter within the scope of the agent's authority\
• “[W]hether the agent 26 No. 1-24-2044 the source of that knowledge was a preexisting relationship, it was not “receive[d] while acting within the scope of his or her agency” (id.
• interference with store’s care, the duty assigned

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Van Horne v. Muller
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-12-03· cited 178×
• Andrew Wilson v. City of Chicago, Cross-Claim and Jon Burge, Cross-Claim
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-07-21· cited 106×
• Arlington Funding Services, Inc. v. Geigel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-02-09· cited 41×
• Gaffney v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-12-04· cited 39×
• Ainsworth v. Century Supply Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-04-13· cited 36×
• Magnum Foods, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-09-16· cited 36×
• Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-05-10· cited 18×
• Jason Copeland v. County of MacOn Illinois, and Office of the Sheriff of MacOn County, Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-04-13· cited 16×
• Cohan v. Garretson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-06-25· cited 13×
• Doe v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-10-13· cited 9×
• Bally v. Pora
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-01-20· cited 5×
• Doe v. Coe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-07-27· cited 4×
• Hackman v. Dickerson Realtors, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2008-05-28· cited 3×
• Rivas v. Benny's Prime Chophouse, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-09-30· cited 3×
• Jones Ex Rel. Jones v. Patrick & Associates Detective Agency, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-03-17· cited 2×
• Magnum Foods, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-09-16
• Jones v. Patrick & Associates
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-03-17
• Copeland, Jason v. County of Macon
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-04-13
• Mitchell v. Norman James Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-08-22

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-05-18· cited 2,326×
• Kelsay v. Motorola, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 966×
• Mattyasovszky v. West Towns Bus Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-06-02· cited 184×
• Loitz v. Remington Arms Co., Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-11-30· cited 181×
• Gundich v. Emerson-Comstock Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-12-01· cited 85×
• Sunseri v. Puccia
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-06-09· cited 67×
• In Re Application of Busse
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-05-11· cited 65×
• Kemner v. Monsanto Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-07-22· cited 59×
• Gregor v. Kleiser
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-12-29· cited 57×
• Easley v. Apollo Detective Agency, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-02-20· cited 53×
• Kritzen v. Flender Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-03-13· cited 47×
• Metzler v. Layton
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1939-12-12· cited 39×
• Campen v. Executive House Hotel, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-03-31· cited 37×
• Giers v. Anten
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-12-29· cited 36×
• Huber v. Seaton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-07-26· cited 29×
• Hutchings v. Sternberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-05-11· cited 24×
• Baier v. Bostitch
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-02-11· cited 23×
• Wilson v. Clark Oil & Refining Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-07-10· cited 23×
• Harrington v. Chicago Sun-Times
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-12-10· cited 9×
• Alley v. Champion
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-08-28· cited 7×