Can an employer be held liable for negligent hiring, supervising or training of its employees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gillian v. CDCR, Case No. 1:15-cv-00037-MJS (E.D. Cal. 2015):
An employer can be held liable for negligent hiring, supervising, or training of its employees, "if he knows the employee is unfit, or has reason to believe the employee is unfit or fails to use reasonable care to discover the employee's unfitness before hiring him." Juarez v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc., 81 Cal. App. 4th 377, 395 (Ct. App. 2000).
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