Go to this text’s Web site at academic. cengage.com/blaw/clarkson and select “Chapter 31.” Click on “Video Questions” and view the video titled Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Then answer the following questions.
(a) Recall from the video that Brad (Judge Reinhold) is told to deliver an order of Captain Hook Fish and Chips to IBM. Is Brad an employee or an independent contractor? Why?
(b) Assume that Brad is an employee and agent of Captain Hook Fish and Chips. What duties does he owe Captain Hook? What duties does Captain Hook, as principal, owe Brad?
(c) In the video, Brad throws part of his uniform and several bags of the food that he is supposed to deliver out of his car window while driving. Assuming Brad is an agent-employee of Captain Hook Fish and Chips, did these actions violate any of his duties as an agent? Explain.