Torts - Fall 2015 Reading Group

Resource 16 . 2 . 3

4 minutes

Sage Club v. Hunt

Samantha Bates,

Jonathan Zittrain

Can certain jobs or duties create a scope of employment that encompasses intentional torts? The defendant club employed a bartender (Thyfault) who had a physical altercation with the plaintiff. The altercation arose out of plaintiff’s insinuation that Thyfault had taken too much money for some drinks.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

638 P.2d 161

No. 5532

1981-12-31

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