Diamond Offshore Management Co. v. Guidry

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• noting that the Appellant “does not complain that questions about course of employment were not asked separately; it complains that no such questions were asked at all.”
• holding where evidence did not conclusively show employee was acting within scope of employment, instruction or question submitting issue to jury is prerequisite to imposition of vicarious liability
• noting that the Appellant A does not complain that questions about course of employment were not asked separately; it complains that no such questions were asked at all. @
• noting that when evidence is conflicting regarding whether an employee was acting in the scope of his employment at the time of an accident—a prerequisite for imposing vicarious liability—a jury finding is required
• jury free to disbelieve plaintiff’s expert

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