Maryland car accident attorneys are well aware that if an employee of a business commits an
act of negligence that injures another, [e.g. causing a Baltimore car accident]
while conducting the business of that employer, an injury victim may seek to
recover damages from the employee that hurt them, or, from the business itself.
Many Maryland car accident lawsuits are built on this principle, called
respondeat superior.
Now, what if the
negligent individual is not an employee of business, but rather an independent
contractor- doing work for the business, but not actually employed by the
business? Seasoned Maryland car accident attorneys know as a general rule, the
business that uses an independent contract to perform work is not liable for
the negligence of that contractor, or the negligence of the employees of that
contractor. In Appiah v. Hall, the Maryland Court of Appeals discussed two
exceptions to the general rule, but the exceptions aren't applicable to the
typical Baltimore car accident.
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