The doctrine of respondeat superior typically applies wherever there is an employer\/employee relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, it does not apply to FedEx Ground drivers. They are not considered employees, but are instead classified as independent contractors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The company states that it does check its drivers before hiring them, but some bad apples still slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n
Consider the case of Gubani Quinteros of Tiris Trucking, who did not stop for stalled traffic and crashed his 25,000-pound box truck into a line of cars at 70 mph. Quinteros was a third-party contractor for a FedEx subsidiary. The accident totalled six vehicles, killed three people, including a toddler, and injured seven others.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As it turned out, the trucker did not have a valid license to drive a vehicle of any kind, and his company was operating without Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration authority.<\/p>\n
Quinteros was sentenced to 14 years in prison. FedEx was not a part of the lawsuit, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The doctrine of respondeat superior typically applies wherever there is an employer\/employee relationship.\u00a0 However, it does not apply to FedEx Ground drivers. They are not considered employees, but are instead classified as independent contractors.\u00a0 The company states that it does…<\/span><\/p>\n