Clark v. . Bland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Devin, J., and a jury, at June Term, 1920, of Halifax. • The action is to recover damages for an unlawful and wrongful assault and battery on plaintiff by defendant, H. G. Bland, and in which plaintiff seeks to bold defendant company liable by reason of tbe fact tbat plaintiff was a passenger of defendant road, and tbat Bland was an employee of tbe company at tbe time, and tbat tbe assault was made and injuries inflicted under circumstances tbat rendered the…
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Appeal from Devin, J., and a jury, at June Term, 1920, of Halifax. • The action is to recover damages for an unlawful and wrongful assault and battery on plaintiff by defendant, H. G. Bland, and in which plaintiff seeks to bold defendant company liable by reason of tbe fact tbat plaintiff was a passenger of defendant road, and tbat Bland was an employee of tbe company at tbe time, and tbat tbe assault was made and injuries inflicted under circumstances tbat rendered the company, etc., responsible for bis wrongful conduct; There was denial of liability on tbe part of tbe company and Director…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
It is now fully recognized tbat corporations may be held liable for tbe malicious and willful as well as negligent torts of their agents and employees, when committed in tbe course of and scope of their employment, and also for injuries inflicted in breach of some duty owing directly from tbe company to tbe injured person, growing out of the conditions existent between them, an instance of this last rule of liability being not infrequently presented from tbe relationship of carrier and passenger. Cotton v. Fisheries Product Co., 177 N. C., 56-59, citing Cooper v. R. R., 170 N. C., 490; Seward…
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