LAZAR v. THERMAL EQUIPMENT CORP.

Docket No. 66356.

148 Cal.App.3d 458 (1983)

195 Cal. Rptr. 890

MARVIN LAZAR, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THERMAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

October 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peterson, Lawrence, Bower & Barbaran, Horvitz & Greines, Ellis J. Horvitz and Marilyn L. Hoffman for Defendant and Appellant.

Grayson, Gross, Friedman & Phillips and Saul Grayson for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SCHAUER, P.J.

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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