Will the company be sued and will the plaintiff recover?

Question

Fred works for ABC Motors and takes a purchase agent from a national chain store to dinner. To get a big order, Joe drinks a lot of alcohol so he won't look like a wuss. After dinner, while driving home, Joe has an accident and Mary is hurt while driving the other car. Mary sues ABC Motors.

Will Mary recover from ABC motors? Why or why not? Please provide the legal reasoning.

Answer 1

abc will settle - joe should have had counseling from employer on drinking on the job which is in effect what h did so yes mary will get money and joe can't be fired - he has a drinking problem - poor abc