Question

christian is a security guard at ervins sports agency. recently after logan was fired christian physically removed logan from the premises and roughed him up pretty good along the way. to sue ervins successfully under the theory of respondeat superior what things must logan establish?

Answer 1

To sue ervins successfully under the theory of respondent superior Logan must establish 3 elements :

1. Agent committing crime must be of the corporation– In this case is Christian, who is a security guard at ervins sports agency who while forcefully removing logan roughed him up pretty good

2. Must be acting within the scope his agent’s authority – In this case he had the authority of physically removing logan from the premises as he was company security guard.

3. His actions must be intended to benefit corporation – As Logan was fired and thus needed to be removed from the premises, Christian intended to benefit the organisation by his removal from the premises.