Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)

Resource 5 . 3 . 1 . 2

9 minutes

O'Connor v. McDonald's Restaurants ("The Spring Blitz Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What does this court rely on to support its scope of employment determination? Does the court hold that there is vicarious or respondeat superior liability for McDonald's?

Court of Appeal of the State of California

220 Cal. App. 3d 25

No. D008866

1990-04-26

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