Defendant, Thermal Equipment Corporation, appeals from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict granted plaintiff, Marvin Lazar. The primary issue on appeal involves the applicability of the doctrine of respondeat superior in circumstances where defendant's employee, Richard Lanno, injured plaintiff while the employee was driving his employer's truck on a personal errand on his way home from work. We hold that...
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