Question 1
The doctrine of respondeat respoir asserts that the employer is completely relived of any vicarious liability whatsoever in the case where the employee is found to have committed torts in a frolic engagement. This means that the employer is exempted from the liability when the employee admits to having made a major physical departure from the scope of practice as stated by the employer.
The doctrine of frolic and detour provides for the employer to be declared free of any vicarious liability only when the employee is proved to have been acting beyond or out of the ...