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20 St. Thomas L. Rev. 183 (2007-2008)
Negligent Hiring and Criminal Rehabilitation: Employing Ex-Convicts, Yet Avoiding Liability

handle is hein.journals/stlr20 and id is 187 raw text is: NEGLIGENT HIRING AND CRIMINAL REHABILITATION: EMPLOYING EX-CONVICTS, YET AVOIDING LIABILITY TIMOTHY L. CREED I. Introduction ................................................................................................ 183 II. N egligent H iring ....................................................................................... 186 A. Distinctions Between Negligent Hiring, Respondeat Superior, and N egligent Retention .............................................................. 187 B . D uty and Foreseeability ................................................................. 188 1. Duty to Hire Competent Employees ....................................... 188 2. Actual Notice and Constructive Notice .................................. 189 3. Crim inal-Background Checks ................................................ 190 III. Com peting Public Policies ...................................................................... 193 A. Public Policies Supporting Negligent Hiring ................................ 193 B. Public Policies Supporting Employing Ex-Convicts ..................... 194 IV. Federal and Other State Approaches ....................................................... 194 A . The Federal A pproach ................................................................... 194 B. The State Approach Requiring Employers to Hire Ex-Convicts... 196 1. N ew Y ork ............................................................................... 196 2. W isconsin ............................................................................... 199 V . Protected C lasses ...................................................................................... 20 1 A. Distinction Between Criminal Backgrounds and Inherent Traits.. 201 B. Title VII Protection for Classes with Inherent Traits .................... 202 VI. Proposed Negligent-hiring Standard ....................................................... 202 A. Adjustments to Negligent-Hiring Law .......................................... 202 B. Employers' Hiring Discretion ....................................................... 203 V II. C onclusion ............................................................................................. 204 I. INTRODUCTION Around noon one day in the spring of 2001, Kristin Blair, a nineteen- year-old college student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), worked alone in a classroom, finishing a project before her 2:00 p.m. class.' She went to the restroom, but as she opened the restroom door to return to her work, James Harris, a janitor, ambushed her.2 Clutching her throat, he forced her back into the restroom where he assaulted her.' 1. Blair v. Defender Servs., Inc., 386 F.3d 623, 625 (4th Cir. 2004). 2. Id. at 625-26. 3. Id. at 625.

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