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Konradi v. United States
While driving to work, defendant’s employee—a rural mailman—strikes the car of the plaintiff and kills him. This case contemplates whether an employee can be within the scope of his employment while commuting, and under what particular circumstances. The court also uses an alternative definition of “scope of employment”, by considering to what extent employer liability would create beneficial (safer) changes in employee activity.
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
919 F.2d 1207
No. 89-3532
1990-11-29
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