Claim of Coleman v. Phipps

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring evidence to show that employee's tortious act was in furtherance of his employer's interests
• reinstating judgment after trial on the grounds that assault of unruly patron by bartender was within scope of employment
• requiring evidence to show that employee’s tortious act was in furtherance of his employer’s interests
• reversing grant of summary judgment to employer, finding questions of fact as to whether employee bartender was acting within scope of employment when he allegedly assaulted patron accused of breaking a window
• assault of unruly patron by bartender to protect employer’s property and to maintain order on premises was within the scope of bartender’s employment
• tavern employee who committed an assault in the course of attempting to protect property and maintain order was still acting within the duties/interests of his employment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).