McHaffie Ex Rel. McHaffie v. Bunch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the rule applies regardless of the comparative fault of the employer versus the employee
• holding that the rule applies regardless of the comparative fault of the employer versus the employee
• holding that the Admission Rule applies regardless of the comparative fault of the employer versus the employee
• noting that an employer’s vicarious liability is independent of their employee’s direct liability
• suggesting its rule that negligent en-trustment is duplicative of vicarious liability may need to be modified where punitive damages are sought
• stating “the evidence laboriously submitted to establish other theories serves no real purpose” except for potentially inflaming the jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).