The court in Connes v. Molalla Transport System, Inc found:
a. the tort of negligent hiring imposes a duty on employers to ensure its employees will not engage in violent acts.
b. the scope of an employer's duty to exercise reasonable care in hiring bears no relationship to the anticipated degree of contact the employee will have with others.
c. employers have a duty to investigate all potential employees to make sure they will not create an undue risk of harm to others.
d. the employer had no duty to independently investigate this potential employee's criminal background because the employer had no reason to foresee that hiring the person would create an unreasonable risk of harm to others.
d
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a. No No b. No Yes c. Yes No d. Yes Yes
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What will be an ideal response?
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