$1.$ Archie was an at$-$will truck driver for the Michigan $$Good$-$ta$-$Eat$$ Bread Company, where he was an exemplary employee for $11$ years. He drove a company owned $2018$ powder blue and pink striped Ford Step Van with a big company logo painted on each side. It was a stormy, wintry day in Michigan as Archie was out on his delivery route. He swerved to miss a pot hole, but went over a curb and hit Abigail, a bicyclist, knocking her off her bike causing a minor injury to her but $$totaling$$ her bike. Archie immediately stopped; the police were called; and Archie made the requisite report. Archie called work and informed the boss, whereupon the boss told Archie to abandon the rest of his deliveries for the day and report directly back to the garage at company headquarters. Archie was miffed. He believed that he would be fired for sure $$ even though he believed it would be unjust.

Assume that Archie will be liable to for the cost of damages in the accident, but he has little money to pay any damages.

Is Good$-$ta$-$Eat liable for damages suffered by Abigail? $)$

$2.$ Given the facts and circumstances set forth in the question above, Archie then decided that since he was probably going to be fired, he should

use the truck to transport a sofa from his mom$$s house to his apartment, as his car was not big enough to fit the sofa, and he planned to do it at the end of his shift anyway. The company didn$$t allow this, but $$what it didn$$t know wouldn$$t hurt it$!$ He knew that the last time an employee used a truck without the employer$$s permission, the employer reported the truck as stolen, but he went ahead anyway. Low and behold, on his $4-$mile, out$-$of$-$the$-$way trip to get the sofa, Archie hit a different pothole dead center, and the back doors of the truck popped open allowing carts containing trays of bread to fall out onto the car behind him, causing the car$$s air bag to activate. The driver, Adalberto, was stunned, but not seriously hurt, but the damage to the car and replacement of the air bag would cost approximately $$6000\mathrm{.}00.$ Assume that Archie will be liable to for the cost of damages, but he has little money to pay any damages.

Is Good$-$ta$-$Eat liable for damages suffered by Adalberto?