Alaska Supreme Court· 1/19/1996
Taranto v. North Slope Borough
Citations
- 909 P.2d 354
- 1996 Alas. LEXIS 7
- 1996 WL 18461
How courts have described this case
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- noting that, in scope-of-employment inquiry, “even where the facts are undisputed, when ‘conflicting inferences can be drawn from undisputed facts’ the question is properly left to the jury”
- discussing our adoption of the Restatement (Second) of Agency rules for an employer's vicarious liability for intentional torts of employees
- Under respondeat superior, \an employer will be held liable for both negligent and intentional torts of its employee.\
- “[A] municipality is vicariously liable for the actions of its employees, agents, and officers under the traditional tort principle of respondeat superior.”
- \[T]he liability of a municipality for the negligent acts and omissions of its representatives will be governed by traditional tort principles.\ (quoting Busby v. Municipality of Anchorage, 741 P.2d 230, 232 (Alaska 1987))
- \[S]cope of employment is a fact-specific issue requiring case-by-case determination.\
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Judges: Moore, Rabinowitz, Matthews, Compton, Eastaugh
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