Exam 30: Liability of Principals, agents, and Independent Contractors

According to the coming and going rule,what is the liability of the principal for injuries caused by its agents and employees while they are on their way to or from work?

________ is a rule that says an employer is liable for the tortious conduct of its employees or agents while they are acting within the scope of the employer's authority.

Which of the following is true of a fully disclosed agency?

A ________ occurs when an agent makes an untrue statement that he or she knows is not true.

Which of the following is a true statement about independent contractors?

An agent is liable for the tortious conduct of the principal if he or she has knowledge of the principal's conduct.

Gem's principal asked her to pick up his dry-cleaning on her way to work.After she had picked up the dry-cleaning and was driving to work,Gem knocked over an old man crossing the street because she did not apply the brakes in time.Under the theory of ________,Gem's principal is liable to the injured man.

Principals are liable for negligence caused by an agent during a substantial frolic and detour.

A third-party offer to an agent must be conveyed to the principal.

Based on the doctrine of respondeat superior,principals are liable for the negligent conduct of agents acting within the scope of their employment.

The coming and going rule says that a principal is generally not liable for injuries caused by its agents and employees while they are on their way to or from work.

In a partially disclosed agency,the contracting third party transacts directly with the principal and does not know the identity of the agent.

Under the ________ test,if the agent committed an intentional tort to promote the principal's business,the principal is liable for any injury caused by the tort.

Harrison hires an agent to look for a three-bedroom house in Atlanta.Elaine,the agent,finds a three-bedroom house in Harrison's budget but buys it herself without informing Harrison.This is an instance of the agent's ________.

Dual agency occurs when an agent acts for two or more different principals in the same transaction.

In an undisclosed agency,the principal is solely liable on the contract with the third party.

In which of the following cases is a motivation test used to establish the employee's motive?

Vicarious liability is liability with fault.

An employee finds out that one of his colleagues dated his girlfriend.The employee acts on this information by assaulting his colleague at work,during work hours.Based on the ________ test,the principal is liable.

If an independent contractor enters into a contract with a third party on behalf of the principal without express or implied authority from the principal to do so,who among the following is liable on the contract?