Perry Mason asked his secretary Della Street to take her car and deliver a pleading to...

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Perry Mason asked his secretary Della Street to take her car and deliver a pleading to the courthouse for filing. Driving to the courthouse, Della accidentally ran a stop sign and caused a driver to clip the rear-end of her automobile and run off the road into a ditch. Although the driver was uninjured, damages to her automobile and the cost of a tow truck to pull her back up onto the road totaled $950. Della proceeded to the courthouse, filed the pleading and then decided to go meet her friend Paul Drake at the No Tell Motel and All-You-Can-Eat Buffet for "lunch". While parked at the motel, a dead limb fell out of tree and knocked out Della's windshield. Because she was Perry's employee and because he sent her to the courthouse for him, Della told Perry she expected him to pay for the damages to her car and to the car that clipped her when she accidentally ran the stop sign and to pay for a new windshield and its installation. What legal issues are presented by this fact situation? Perry Mason asked his secretary Della Street to take her car and deliver a pleading to the courthouse for filing. Driving to the courthouse, Della accidentally ran a stop sign and caused a driver to clip the rear-end of her automobile and run off the road into a ditch. Although the driver was uninjured, damages to her automobile and the cost of a tow truck to pull her back up onto the road totaled $950. Della proceeded to the courthouse, filed the pleading and then decided to go meet her friend Paul Drake at the No Tell Motel and All-You-Can-Eat Buffet for "lunch". While parked at the motel, a dead limb fell out of tree and knocked out Della's windshield. Because she was Perry's employee and because he sent her to the courthouse for him, Della told Perry she expected him to pay for the damages to her car and to the car that clipped her when she accidentally ran the stop sign and to pay for a new windshield and its installation. What legal issues are presented by this fact situation?

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The legal issues presented by this fact situation include 1 Negligence Dellas actions in running the ... View the full answer