Legal Opinion
Costos v. Coconut Island Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 2, 1998No. 97-2076PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A jury found the defendants vicariously liable for the act—rape—committed by their employee Charles Bonney. Bonney, the manager of the Maine inn owned by defendants, let himself into the room of the plaintiff, a guest at the inn, in the early morning hours and raped her. The jury awarded plaintiff $50,000 on that count, and $5,000 on a negligence count.
Defendants say the issue of vicarious liability never should have gone to the jury. They argue that under the Restatement (Second) of Agency § 219(2)(d), adopted by Maine law, vicarious liability may not be imposed for acts…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Coramae Ella Gary v. James Edward LongCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Paulette L. Barnes v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Labbe v. Nissen Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Ansin v. River Oaks Furniture, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by35 opinions
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