Shari L. Martin v. Thomas A. Tovar

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for the City of Muscatine on claims seeking to hold it vicariously liable for a police officer's sexual assault of a passenger he transported to a hotel. The court held that the assault was an egregious departure from the officer's authorized duties and that Iowa law does not recognize a broad aided-by-agency theory that would impose vicarious liability for intentional torts committed outside the scope of employment.