re: Johnathan Taylor dismissed!!

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Even if he was it wouldn't matter in this case. Employers aren't held responsible for what their employees do in this kind of situation. Wal-Mart could hire a convicted murderer and if that person went and murdered a person at home on their own time, you think the victim could hold Wal-Mart accountable for hiring him? Of course not.

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If the WalMart employee hits
Someone while driving a company car, they are most certainly liable. If he assaults a woman in an apartment paid for by WalMart, they can be liable.

This isn't a bar fight or an off campus traffic accident. Taylor was specifically recruited by Saban, who got the go ahead and bring a known risk to school there. They paid for his apartment where the assault occurred.

In this case, is Alabama liable? Almost certainly not. My point was that student-athletes are trying to be considered employees of the university to get better benefits than they currently receive. Taylor's case is a big reason why schools shouldn't want this classification--an "employee" who assaults a woman in an apartment paid for by the state would open the school up to potential liability.