BANDSTRA, P.J.
Plaintiff alleges that she was sexually assaulted by a male nurse employed by defendant hospital and that defendant should be held liable under a respondeat superior theory of vicarious liability. Generally, an employer cannot be held liable for such a tortious act of an employee. However, plaintiff argues that an exception to that rule should apply here because the nurse was aided in accomplishing the assault on her by the existence of the agency relationship...
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