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· 2/8/1985

Giles v. Shell Oil Corp.

Citations

  • 487 A.2d 610
  • 1985 D.C. App. LEXIS 298

How courts have described this case

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

  • applicable standard is whether “an employer knew or should have known its employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner”
  • “[I]t is incumbent upon a party to show that an employer knew or should have known its employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner, and that the employer, armed with that actual or constructive knowledge failed to adequately supervise the employee.”
  • “[I]t is incumbent upon a party to show that an employer knew or should have known its employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner, and that the employer, armed with that actual or constructive knowledge failed to adequately supervise the employee.”
  • “[I]t is incumbent upon a party to show that an employer knew or should have known its employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner, and that the employer, armed with that actual or constructive knowledge failed to adequately supervise the employee.”
  • “[I]t is incumbent upon a party to show that an employer knew or should have known its employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner, and that the employer, armed with that actual or constructive knowledge failed to adequately supervise the employee.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: MacK, Newman, Terry

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