Family of decedent wins $7 million in semitrailer crash 
By:
Kelly Wiese
Published: November 23, 2011
Tags: negligent entrustment, negligent hiring, respondeat superior
A Missouri family has won a $7 million verdict from a federal jury over a tractor-trailer crash that killed a man.
Dramshop law doesn’t bar suit against airline
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: dramshop statute, respondeat superior, vicarious liability
A state dramshop law does not bar a vicarious liability suit against an airline whose allegedly intoxicated employee caused a fatal car accident, an Illinois appellate court has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Two small firms win $10.8 million verdict against Pizza Hut
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: Pizza Hut, respondeat superior
Two small law firms, one representing a mother and the other representing her daughter, have won a $10.8 million verdict against Pizza Hut for injuries in a head-on collision with the restaurant chain’s delivery driver.
Sheriff not liable for death at deputy’s home
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: March 20, 2009
Tags: respondeat superior
A county sheriff is not liable for the death of a child caused by the accidental discharge of a service handgun at a deputy’s home, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled.
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