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A delivery driver, Marco, employed by QuickMove Logistics, is on a company route using the delivery van. He leaves the assigned route to buy lunch at a nearby cafe and, while driving back toward the route, runs a red light and injures a pedestrian, Sara. Sara sues Marco (the tortfeasor) and QuickMove Logistics (the employer). (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing liability for the acts of persons made responsible for others in this context. (b) Distinguish when the employer’s liability attaches and when the tortfeasor bears primary liability. (c) Apply the doctrine to these facts: is QuickMove Logistics vicariously liable for Sara’s injuries? Is Marco personally liable?