Beck v. Paideia School, Inc.

Pope, Judge.

Appellants were injured when their cars collided on the street outside appellee Paideia School, Inc. In their actions against appellee, appellants allege that the collision was caused by the negligence of Officer C. L. Scott, an off-duty Atlanta policeman hired by appellee to provide traffic control for a school festival. Appellants contend that appellee is liable to them upon the theory of respondeat superior because Officer Scott was acting as a servánt of the appellee school. In addition, appellants allege that appellee was directly negligent in failing to hire sufficient…