4887 In an action brought on a negligent hiring theory, defendant has no duty to a plaintiff injured by the defendant's former employee two years after the employment relationship terminated; the negligent hiring of a violent employee was not a proximate cause of the shooting of plaintiff by the employee two years after the employment relationship was terminated and long after the shooter had developed a romantic relationship with the plaintiff.CitationPHILLIPS v TLC PLUMBING (Negligent Hiring) 172 CA4 1133 [See: REST (3d) Agency 705; RC Bishop v Superior Court 42 CA4 1556, T/AT 4/96; Doe v Capital Cities 50 CA4 1038, T/AT 12/96; Delfino v Agilent 145 CA4 790, T/AT 2/07]
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