Hentges v. Thomford

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• holding that employee-minister was not motivated by purpose to serve employer-congregation when he accidentally shot parishioner during deer hunting
• holding church not liable for pastor’s negligence on hunting trip despite claim that pastor was acting in scope of employment by developing relationships with parishioners
• applying factors stated in Minnesota model jury instruction to scope of employment analysis
• finding residual benefit of fostering pastoral-parishioner relationships too tenuous in connection with pastor’s 24-hour “on call” employment to support finding that he was acting within scope of employment when he accidentally shot and killed a parishioner while deer hunting with him

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).