BMGT 380 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools, Damages, Punitive Damages

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Business and Management
• Course: BMGT 380
• Professor: William Mc Clenahan

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Facts: burl and desiree mathis were bitten by bedbugs when they stayed at a motel 6 in downtown chicago. The filed suit against the corporation that owns and operate the. Not intended to compensate tort victims for their loses, they are designed to punish flagrant wrongdoers and to deter them, as well as others, from engaging in similar conduct in the future. Motel 6 was notified of bedbugs but the motel did refused to have their rooms sprayed. Motel 6 refused to have their rooms sprayed even though the hotel was refunding many guests and the manager suggested the entire motel be sprayed. Respondeat superior employers are liable for torts committed by employees if those torts occurred within the scope of employment. Stoshak vs east baton rouge parish school board (intentional torts) Holding of stoshak: did the damage that stoshak received when trying to break up the fight fall under the.