Essay Flashcards

A cinema complex owner, FILMPOINT, hires a floor supervisor to manage crowd flow during a high-traffic weekend premiere. While directing patrons in the lobby, the supervisor negligently pushes a patron, LALA, causing her to fall and injure herself. Is FILMPOINT legally liable for LALA’s injuries? Identify the controlling doctrine and apply it to the facts.
The same cinema complex contracts with an external security services firm to provide after-hours protection. A security guard employed by the firm, while patrolling the premises, negligently leaves a wet spill unposted near the cinema lobby, and a patron slips and injures herself. Is FILMPOINT liable for the injury? Distinguish liability for employees (within the scope of employment) from liability for independent contractors, and outline the factors that would make FILMPOINT liable in the contractor scenario.