Review the cases Malorney v. B&L Motor Freight, Inc., 496 N.C.2d 1086 Download Malorney v. B&L Motor Freight, Inc., 496 N.C.2d 1086 , and Raleigh v. Performance Plumbing and Heating, 130 P.3d 1011 Download Raleigh v. Performance Plumbing and Heating, 130 P.3d 1011.
Superior Electrical was in the business of installing electrical wiring and related components at new construction sites. Because some employees were assigned company vehicles equipped with company tools and materials and were expected to drive those vehicles to the work sites, Superior required all employment applicants to hold a valid driver’s license. Employees who were assigned a company vehicle were expected to drive for the company during the workday in order to transport job materials and company tools that were kept on the vehicle to job sites. These employees were expected to take the company issued vehicle home at the end of the work day.
Write a four- to five-page paper that addresses the following:
• Identify and discuss the legal elements of negligent hiring.
• Apply those elements of negligent hiring to the facts given in the case.
• Analyze whether Superior would be liable for negligent hiring.
• Identify and discuss the legal elements of respondeat superior.
• Apply those elements of respondeat superior to the facts given in the case.
• Analyze whether Superior would be liable on respondeat superior grounds.
