If you know that you'll need to use a car or truck in your business, you will find this process useful for obtaining one: |
If you don't want to use a vehicle you already own for your business, there are numerous advantages to purchasing a used vehicle instead of a new one. The main advantage is this: as soon as you drive ... |
If you are thinking about leasing a vehicle to use in your business and aren't sure whether buying or leasing is the right decision for you, see our discussion of the |
Do your employees use company vehicles, or perhaps your personal vehicles, while they are working for you? Are you considering having them do so? If so, or if you think this may fit into your future ... |
Suppose that you were the president of a security company employing armed guards. Would you establish policies on acceptable use of firearms and set limits on who was qualified to carry them? If ... |
Your employee was acting in the scope of job at the time of the accident. |
One of the hazards of having employees use vehicles to perform work for you is possible respondeat superior liability. Unlike some of the other |
The theory underlying negligent hiring and retention claims if they relate to an auto accident involving one of your employees and a company vehicle is that you are liable for the ... |
In negligent lending cases, you are liable because you let an employee use a company vehicle when you knew (or should have known) the employee was unfit to drive. To reduce your liability from ... |
In negligent maintenance cases, you will be liable for an accident if a condition of your company vehicle made it unsafe to drive and that condition (for example, faulty brakes or a bad tire) ... |