Sinclair v. Perma-Maid Co., Inc.

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice S chaffer,

Plaintiffs were injured when struck by an automobile owned and driven by Paul M. Owen. He was a salesman, selling cooking appliances for defendant. His remuneration was solely by a commission on the articles sold. Is defendant responsible in damages for his lack of care? The trial court and the Superior Court determined it is.

Owen came into defendant’s employ as a result of a newspaper advertisement, which read in part: “Men with cars. The Philadelphia Office of the Perma-Maid Co. . . . Men with the following qualifications: must have car; twenty-five or…