United States v. Mario Wilchcombe

How courts have described this case

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• stating Washington imposes vicarious liability on an employer for the torts of an employee acting on the employer’s behalf and within the scope of employment
• omitting scope of employment as a factor to consider with negligent 17 hiring and retention claims
• “Vicarious liability imposes liability on an 19 employer for the torts of an employee who is acting on the employer’s behalf.”
• “Vicarious liability imposes 11 liability on an employer for the torts of an employee who is acting on the 12 employer’s behalf.” (quotations omitted)
• suit brought under negligent hiring and retention, negligent training and supervision, negligent protection of a student, vicarious liability, and breach of contract
• “To bring a claim for 8 breach of contract, a party must point to a separate duty contained in the contract that is different 9 from the duties already imposed by law on the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).