Employee Robert removed a significant amount of poisonous chemical from his employer's premises during his lunch hour without permission. The poisonous chemical is a by-product of a chemical manufacturing process utilized at the chemical plant owned by the employer. Robert intended to take the poisonous chemical by-product to his home to conduct experiments in an attempt to improve employer's manufacturing process with production of less amount of such poisonous by-product.

On his way home, Robert lost control of his car and wrecked it. The poisonous chemical escaped from the car as a result of the accident and turned into gas fumes, which injured a farmer's nearby cattle. The farmer failed to move the cattle to another location after the accident, even though such a move might have reduced the damage suffered by the cattle.

What is the possible tort claims the farmer can make against Robert's employer?