Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Employment
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.)