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Recent Important Decisions
Michigan Law Review
A collection of recent important court decisions.
Vicarious Liability And The Family Automobile, Norman D. Lattin
Vicarious Liability And The Family Automobile, Norman D. Lattin
Michigan Law Review
The advent of the automobile into the family life of the present age brought with it a doctrine which has been the troublesome source of much comment in the adjudicated cases and legal literature generally. Were it not for the fact that the battle still wages with much intensity, with very little outward evidence of abatement, it would be presumptuous to add to the already voluminous supply of legal material concerning the law of the family automobile, commonly termed the "family purpose" or "family car" doctrine. If further justification were needed, the problems arising from air navigation, which threatens to …
Damages-Apportionment Of Punitive Damages In An Action Against Agent And Corporation Jointly
Damages-Apportionment Of Punitive Damages In An Action Against Agent And Corporation Jointly
Michigan Law Review
The recent South Carolina case of Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., presents, it is submitted, an undesirable extension of the rule announced in Goddard v. Grand Trunk R. Co. The latter decided that a corporation or principal is liable in punitive damages for a malicious act of its agent committed in the course of, or in connection with, his duties or employment. The prevailing opinion seems to be that the principal is liable (in exemplary damages) only when he has authorized, participated in, or ratified the act of the agent. or was negligent in the selection of …