Legal Question in Personal Injury in Texas
Companies liability for employees wreck in personnal vehicle
If an employee of our company is involved in an auto accident in their personnal vehicle while on company time, is our company responsible for the damages? Several factors to keep in mind, 1. the employee did have our company logo on the doors, 2, owning a vehicle is not a condition for employement, 3, before hiring, our company does run a driving record and checks for insurance.
Asked on 3/08/00, 1:18 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Paul T. Hebda, Ph.D., J.D.
The Hebda Law Firm
Re: Companies liability for employees wreck in personnal vehicle
A lot will depend on what the employee was doing at the time of the incident and why he had the company logo on his vehicle.
Answered on 3/22/00, 8:59 am