Section 38 Settlement and Release

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

Release of an employee does not act to release the employer, even if the employer’s liability is vicarious. See Collins v. Westlake Hardware Co. of Macon, Inc., 783 S.W.2d 172, 173 (Mo. App. W.D. 1990) (plaintiff allegedly assaulted by store employee sued both employee and employer, with claims against employer including negligent hiring and negligent failure to adequately train or...