Plains Resources, Inc. v. Gable

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing Kansas courts’ adoption of Restatement (Second) of Torts § 909 (1977)
• upholding award of punitive damages against corporation where corporate employer was liable for negligent hiring and also directed and ratified tortious acts of employee
• upholding award of punitive damages against corporation where corporate employer was liable for negligent hiring and so directed and ratified acts of employee
• plaintiff allowed to recover punitive damages in a contract action only upon showing that independent tort resulted in additional damages
• \an employer has a duty to use reasonable care in the selection and retention of employees\
• liability for damages caused by an employee done to a third party who was not a co-employee

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).