Stock v. Fife

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• absent joint control, a common (pecu-niaxy) interest is not enough to establish a joint enterprise
• joint enterprise in automobile context requires (1) agreement (express or implied), (2) for a common purpose, (3) such that each has an equal right to direct and control
• absent joint control, a common (pecuniary) interest is not enough to establish a joint enterprise
• “mere presence of the particular defendant at the commission of the [tort], or his failure to object to it, is not enough to charge him with responsibility”
• despite a common plan among friends to drink alcohol while driving to and from a nightclub, no joint liability from the mere presence of the defendant in the car when the driver ran a red light and struck another vehicle
• despite a common plan among friends to drink alcohol while driving to and from a nightclub, no joint liability from the mere presence of the defendant in the car when the driver ran a red light and struck another vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).