Rogers, Morris & Ziegler, LLC v. Jill Harrison Currington

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• holding that an 17 employer is liable on respondeat superior grounds if the proximate cause of the injury 18 occurred while the employee was acting within the scope of his employment
• noting that, under Washington law, vicarious liability is only available if “the employee was acting within the scope of his employment.”
• employer liable where employee causes injury after consuming intoxicating liquor at employer sponsored event that was “sufficiently related to the employer’s business to bring the employee’s attendance within the scope of employment”
• “This court has held that an employer may be liable for the negligent acts of his employee, although such act may be contrary to instructions.” (citing Greene v. St. Paul-Mercury Indem. Co., 51 Wn.2d 569, 573, 320 P.2d 311 (1958))
• observations of intoxication occurred 10 minutes after leaving a banquet
• third parties injured by intoxicated adults

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