HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE CORP., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLANT,

v.

STEVEN B. SPRECHMAN, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Tallahassee Furniture Co., Inc. v. Harrison, 583 So. 2d 744 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
  …ourt found that a jury could have reasonably concluded from the evidence that at least some of the attackers were employees acting to avenge the damage with the tacit approval of the bar’s owner. Also, in Rivas v. Nationwide Personal Security Corp., 559 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), the court found that it was error to direct a verdict in favor of a security company whose employee struck a supermarket cashier at the supermarket where the guard was assigned, since the jury could have found that the assault an…
• Canaveras v. The Cont'l Grp., Ltd., 896 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
  …acts have been committed within scope of his employment or in furtherance of his employer’s interest is generally a question for the jury when there are varying inferences and conclusions that may be drawn); Rivas v. Nationwide Personal Sec. Corp., 559 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)(jury’s determination that assault upon cashier arose out of job dispute and was therefore within scope of employment, so that employer could be held liable for assault, was supported by evidence); Gonpere Corp. v. Rebull, 440 So.…
• Trabulsy v. Publix Super Mkt., Inc., 138 So. 3d 553 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)
  …related disputes such as this one, particularly when they occur on the employer’s premises, the courts have repeatedly concluded that the employee’s purpose in committing a battery is a jury question. See, e.g., Rivas v. Nationwide Pers. Sec. Corp., 559 So. 2d 668, 670 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) (where supermarket security guard in physical altercation with store manager struck intervening store employee, question of fact whether guard was acting within scope of employment because “assault and battery sued upon arose…

Authorities Cited

• Parker v. Gordon, 442 So. 2d 273 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983)