Evans v. Morsell

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the majority of courts do not recognize a duty to inquire about an employee’s criminal record
• stating that the majority of courts do not recognize a duty to inquire about an employee’s criminal record
• observing that as early as 1894, the Court of Appeals had recognized “that in hiring and retaining someone, an employer owes a duty to [its] other employees and to the general public to use reasonable care”
• observing that as early as 1894, the Court of Appeals had recognized “that in hiring and retaining someone, an employer owes a duty to [its] other employees and to the general public to use reasonable care”
• where an employee is expected to come in contact with the public, as is a bartender, the employer must make some reasonable inquiry about his fitness for the job
• “Long ago this Court recognized, ... that in hiring and retaining someone, an employer owes a duty to his other employees and to the general public to use reasonable care.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).