Jensen v. Medley

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a principal ratifies an agent’s actions only if there is evidence from which a jury could properly find that the principal, with knowledge of the material facts, intended to ratify the agent’s actions
• discussing principal’s liability for actions of nonservant agents and focusing on specific allegedly wrongful conduct
• affirming judgment, despite erroneous jury instruction on one of plaintiff's theories of liability, where defendant did not challenge another basis for liability
• affirming judgment, despite erroneous jury instruction on one of plaintiffs theories of liability, where defendant did not challenge another basis for liability
• discussing principal’s liability for actions of nonservant agents and focusing on specific allegedly wrongful conduct
• where alternative basis could support jury’s verdict, court asks “whether the record contains sufficient evidence to support liability on that alternative basis”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).