Question

Francis drives a delivery truck for weston industries. in the middle of his delivery route, francis stops to have a two-hour lunch with friends twenty miles away. while in the restaurant, francis spills some water and another person falls on it. that person sues weston industries. to determine liability, a court would likely decide that francis was acting:

Answer 1

The correct answer is that "Francis was acting outside the scope of employment."

Since Francis was eating out with friends, the accident that has occurred, will only reflect on Francis's mistake not on the company's, because Francis was not on business terms when he accidentally spilled water then an incident happen, he was on lunch with his friends when the incident had occurred.