Mid-States Plastics, Inc. v. Estate of Bryant Ex Rel. Bryant

I dissent upon the belief that the majority has failed to apply accepted principles of Kentucky law relating to respondeat superior or vicarious liability. The generally accepted rule is as follows:

In general it is sufficient to make the master responsible that he gave to the servant an authority, or made it his duty to act in respect to the business in which he was engaged when the wrong was committed, and that the act complained of was done in the course of his employment.1

Under this test, Appellees established vicarious liability from the facts that the employee Edwards was acting within…