Doe v. Sanchez

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Employment
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (2d) 150554
Decision Date: 
Thursday, March 31, 2016
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Winnebago Co.
Holding: 
Certified questions answered; remanded.
Justice: 
SPENCE

Plaintiff filed suit against bus driver and his employer, student bus company, alleging that driver inappropriately touched her minor daughter during course of his duty as bus driver. A private contractor for student busing services owes passengers the same high duty of care as a common carrier; and that private contractor may be liable for an employee's sexual assault of a passenger, even though it is outside scope of employment, because contractor owes its passengers a nondelegable duty of care.(HUDSON and BIRKETT, concurring.)