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WHERE AN EMPLOYEE ACTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT, ABSENT A VALID CLAIM FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AN EMPLOYER CANNOT BE SUED FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING AND RETENTION.

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the negligent hiring and retention cause of action against a nursing home (Sunrise Manor) alleging improper care of a resident should have been dismissed. When it is alleged an employee acted within the scope of employment, the respondeat superior theory applies and a negligent hiring and retention cause of action will not lie:

Supreme Court should have granted that branch of Sunrise Manor’s motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the fourth cause of action, which was to recover damages for negligent hiring and retention, insofar as asserted against it. “Generally, where an employee is acting within the scope of his or her employment, the employer is liable for the employee’s negligence under a theory of respondeat superior and no claim may proceed against the employer for negligent hiring, retention, supervision or training” … . Here, in opposition to Sunrise Manor’s prima facie showing that its employees were acting within the scope of their employment, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. While an exception exists to the above general principle where the plaintiff seeks punitive damages from the employer “based on alleged gross negligence in the hiring or retention of the employee” … , here, that exception is inapplicable because the Supreme Court granted that branch of Sunrise Manor’s motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action seeking punitive damages. Henry v Sunrise Manor Ctr. for Nursing & Rehabilitation, 2017 NY Slip Op 00634, 2nd Dept 2-1-17

NEGLIGENCE (WHERE AN EMPLOYEE ACTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT, ABSENT A VALID CLAIM FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AN EMPLOYER CANNOT BE SUED FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING AND RETENTION)/EMPLOYMENT LAW (NEGLIGENCE, WHERE AN EMPLOYEE ACTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT, ABSENT A VALID CLAIM FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AN EMPLOYER CANNOT BE SUED FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING AND RETENTION)/NEGLIGENT HIRING AND RETENTION (WHERE AN EMPLOYEE ACTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT, ABSENT A VALID CLAIM FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AN EMPLOYER CANNOT BE SUED FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING AND RETENTION)

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