Calif. 2nd: Taking Teen to Work May Be Part of Job

A teenager hurt in a car accident offered issues of triable fact as to whether the driver who allegedly took her to work at a doughnut shop was within her employment duties, a California court ruled. The California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Division 8 ruled in an unpublished opinion that summary judgment was improper in Bourgoyne v. Vo, B191334, 08/22/2007. "If (store owner Dara Chong) had employed the two young high school age girls to work for her, she must have contemplated the difficulty involved in their ability to get to work. Since appellant has properly shown th...