Legal Opinion
Entente Mineral Company v. Derek E. Parker, Pat M. Barrett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1992No. 91-1290PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a directed verdict. The defendant-appellee law firm was sued for vicarious liability. The district court directed a verdict in favor of the firm, concluding as a matter of law that the jury could not find vicarious liability. The plaintiff-appellant, Entente, appeals the district court’s directed verdict. We find that the jury could not have found vicarious liability and the directed verdict in favor of the firm was proper.
I. Background
In February 1987, H.B. Sneed (“Sneed”), a petroleum landman employed by Entente Mineral Company (“Entente”),…
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