Legal Opinion
Ohio Farmers Insurance v. Norman
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 9, 1979No. 2 CA-CIV 2957PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, Judge.
Can a master be held liable to third persons for a negligent act of his servant even though the master has expressly forbidden the act? That is the main and determinative issue here. We hold that the master can be liable under such circumstances and affirm.
This case was tried to the court sitting without a jury. Appellees are the subrogees of Lawrence and Ethylwin Lewis. The facts, considered in the light most favorable to appellees, are as follows. The Lewises lived on five acres of land south of and adjoining the land occupied by a restaurant called Li’l Abners. On…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- District of Columbia v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Porter v. PorterArizona Supreme Court · 1948
- Solmica of the Gulf Coast, Inc. v. BraggsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Johnson v. LambSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Baker v. Stewart Title & Trust of Phoenix, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 2000
- Smith v. American Express Travel Related Services Co.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1994
- Robarge v. Bechtel Power Corp.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1982
- Engler v. Gulf Interstate Engineering, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 2011
- Ortiz v. ClintonCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1996
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