The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 6BCP
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Case summary:Company D has set out some safety standards for franchisees to follow but provided that franchisee is an independent contractor. The franchisee is free to use its own means and mode. The company MP is a franchisee of the company D. A vehicle driven by the delivery boy of the company MP got struck and killed the person R.
To find: The liability of the company D for negligence.
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