A customer sued a pharmacist and the drug store that employed the pharmacist (Walgreens). The pharmacist reviewed the prescription records of a customer (during her shift at work), learned that the customer had not been refilling her prescription for birth control, and printed out the customer’s prescription information using Walgreen’s computer system and printer. She then divulged that information to the customer’s ex-boyfriend, in violation of her duty of confidentiality owed to the customer. Is Walgreens liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior?
Explain.