ABSTRACT
Employers have even been found liable for their employees’ acts which are executed in direct violation of company policy. This is illustrated in a 1992 case in which a family was awarded over $200,000 against a crematorium corporation [91. The employee, described as an agent of the corporation, independently performed religious services for a decedent and scattered his ashes at sea in direct violation of the terms of the contract. The jury imputed the agent’s acts and omissions to the crematorium. Ironically, the jury did not hold the employee personally liable for his own acts even though it was free to do so.
