Torres v. Kennecott Copper Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that employee’s dismissal with prejudice barred plaintiff’s vicarious liability claims against employer where employer’s “liability [wa]s based solely on the negligent acts of [employee]”
• holding that where an employer’s liability rested “solely on the negligent acts of his [employee], a judgment in favor of the servant relieves the master of any liability”
• master not liable following dismissal with prejudice of servant where master’s liability is based solely on servant’s negligent acts
• where hospital’s liability was predicated solely on the negligent acts of its employee/doctor, a judgment in favor of the doctor relieved the hospital of any liability
• “[A] dismissal with prejudice is a judgment on the merits.”
• dismissal with prejudice is judgment on merits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).