context: As solely a question of common sense, it is difficult to comprehend how any sexual assault could be committed for a purpose other than that of the individual. Sexual assault is, by its nature, a crime committed for personal reasons.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 398 A.2d 27, 31
citation_a.parenthetical: "The outrageous quality of an employee's [sic] act may well be persuasive in considering whether his motivation was purely personal."
citation_a.sentence: See Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. Reddick, 398 A.2d 27, 31 (D.C.1979) (“The outrageous quality of an employee’s [sic] act may well be persuasive in considering whether his motivation was purely personal.”) (citations omitted); Jordan v. Medley, 711 F.2d 211, 215 (D.C.Cir.1983) (an intentional tort by its very nature is “willful and thus more readily suggests personal motivation.”); see also Boykin v. District of Columbia, 484 A.2d 560, 562 (D.C.1984) (employer not liable for sexual assault committed by educator against a student because the “assault was in no degree committed to serve the school’s interest but rather appears to have been done solely for the accomplishment of [the employee’s] independent, malicious, mischievous and selfish purposes.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 484 A.2d 560, 562
citation_b.parenthetical: employer not liable for sexual assault committed by educator against a student because the "assault was in no degree committed to serve the school's interest but rather appears to have been done solely for the accomplishment of [the employee's] independent, malicious, mischievous and selfish purposes."
citation_b.sentence: See Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. Reddick, 398 A.2d 27, 31 (D.C.1979) (“The outrageous quality of an employee’s [sic] act may well be persuasive in considering whether his motivation was purely personal.”) (citations omitted); Jordan v. Medley, 711 F.2d 211, 215 (D.C.Cir.1983) (an intentional tort by its very nature is “willful and thus more readily suggests personal motivation.”); see also Boykin v. District of Columbia, 484 A.2d 560, 562 (D.C.1984) (employer not liable for sexual assault committed by educator against a student because the “assault was in no degree committed to serve the school’s interest but rather appears to have been done solely for the accomplishment of [the employee’s] independent, malicious, mischievous and selfish purposes.”).