Legal Environment of Business 8th Edition by Henry Cheeseman

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Frolic and Detour Jesse Spires was employed as a welder by Johnson Welded Products, Inc. Johnson Welded Products provides a lunchroom equipped with a microwave, refrigerator, and vending machine for sandwiches, snacks, and drinks. Spires worked a shift that ran from 3:15 P.M. until 12:15 A.M. One day at work, Spires was on his way to a friend's house for lunch during his lunch break, driving his own pickup truck, when he collided with Donald Siegenthaler, who was riding a motorcycle. The collision, which was the result of Spires's negligence, caused injury to Siegenthaler. Siegenthaler sued Johnson Welded Products, alleging that Spires was an agent of Johnson Welded Products at the time of the accident and that Johnson Welded Products was vicariously liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior. Johnson Welded Products argued that Spires was on personal business and a frolic and detour when he caused the accident. Is Spires an agent of Johnson Welded Products, acting within the scope of his employment, at the time of the accident that injured Siegenthaler? Siegenthaler v. Johnson Welded Products, Inc., Web 2006 OhioApp. Lexis 5616 (Court of Appeals of Ohio)