What is the plaintiff's best argument to establish that Dean Brother's Corp. is responsible for BSP's actions? 2) What is Dean Brother's Corp. best defense?
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Dean Brothers Corp. owns and operates a steel-drum manufacturing plant. Lowell Wyden, the plant superintendent, hires Best Security Patrol, Inc. (BSP), a security company, to guard the property to "deter thieves and vandals." Some BSP security guards, as Wyden knew, carried firearms. Pete Sidell, a BSP security guard, was not certified as an armed guard but nevertheless took his gun to work. While working at the Dean Brother's Plant on October 31, 2014, Sidell fired his gun at Tyrone Gaines, in the belief that Gaines was an intruder. The bullet struck and killed Gaines. Gaines' mother filed a lawsuit claiming that her son's death was the result of BSP's negligence, for which Dean Brothers Corp. was responsible. (see liability in Agency Relationships).
1) What is the plaintiff's best argument to establish that Dean Brother's Corp. is responsible for BSP's actions?
2) What is Dean Brother's Corp. best defense?
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