Cassie works as a salesperson at Lumber Needs.While demonstrating to a customer how to use a power saw,she accidentally cuts the customer on the arm,requiring a visit to the hospital and several stitches.Which of the following is true of the scenario?

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Lumber Needs is vicariously liable because Cassie was acting within the course of employment. An employer has vicarious liability if the employee causes harm to a third party while the employee is in the course of employment. Liability may extend from an employee to the employer on this basis if the employee is acting within the scope of her or his employment at the time the liability arose.

Cassie Works as a Salesperson at Lumber Needs