While working for Lubrizol Corporation, Occhionero was injured by a fellow employee, Edmundson, who assaulted Occhionero. Occhionero

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While working for Lubrizol Corporation, Occhionero was injured by a fellow employee, Edmundson, who assaulted Occhionero. Occhionero sued Lubrizol on the basis of respondeat superior"-the legal theory that an employer is derivatively responsible for the torts of his employee committed within the scope of employment." The trial court dismissed the suit; Occhionero appealed. Could Lubrizol be liable? [Occhionero v. Edmundson, 2001 WL 314821, Ct. App., Ohio, (2001)]

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The Legal Environment of Business

ISBN: 978-0538473996

11th Edition

Authors: Roger E Meiners, Al H. Ringleb, Frances L. Edwards

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