HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Nos. F064888, F064935, F064950.

220 Cal.App.4th 87 (2013)

162 Cal. Rptr. 3d 752

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant and Appellant. CARLY BAKER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Defendant and Respondent. MICHAEL BUXBAUM, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

October 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan, Martin N. Buchanan ; Girardi Keese , Thomas V. Girardi and Shawn J. McCann for Plaintiff and Appellant Carly Baker.

Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire , Vincent J. Bartolotta , Brett J. Schreiber , Benjamin Siminou ; Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, John Morris and Victoria E. Fuller for Plaintiff and Appellant Michael Buxbaum.

Ronald W. Beals , Jeanne Scherer , Douglas L. Johnson , Lauren A. Machado , Bruce D. McGagin and Peter Ackeret for Defendant and Appellant.

Wanger Jones Helsley , Timothy Jones , Michael S. Helsley and Patrick D. Toole for Plaintiff and Respondent and for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

HILL, P. J.

Plaintiffs appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of defendant, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Halliburton), in these consolidated actions. We conclude the trial court properly granted summary judgment on the ground the undisputed facts demonstrated Halliburton cannot be held vicariously liable for the tortious conduct of its employee. The employee was not acting within the scope of his employment at...

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