Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 21

Boudreaux was an employee of an oil well-drilling company. He worked alternate weeks, and when his workweek ended, his pay stopped and he returned to his home. While driving home one day at the end of a workweek, his car struck another vehicle and its driver was killed. The driver's estate sued the oil well-drilling company for damages for wrongful death. Is the employer liable in this situation? (Boudreaux v. Yancey, 319 So.2d 806)