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BORG-WARNER v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. E023754.

89 Cal.Rptr.2d 687 (1999)

75 Cal.App.4th 1203

BORG-WARNER PROTECTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of Riverside County, Respondent, Syroco, Inc., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

September 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manning, Marder & Wolfe, David J. Wilson and Barry A. Bradley, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

Kermit J. Morgan, Santa Monica, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

RICHLI, J.

We hold that a security guard company is not liable for the arson committed by one of its employees who was acting outside the course and scope of his employment. In so holding we determine that Business and Professions Code section 7582.151 does not abolish the common law doctrine of respondeat superior in requiring that an employee be acting in the scope of employment in order to hold an employer liable for...

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