60.320 Negligence Amplified; Willful Torts

60.320 Negligence Amplified; Willful Torts An employer is liable for the willful torts or willful wrongful conduct of an employee committed in the course of the employment. Columbus Railroad Co. v. Woolfolk, 128 Ga. 631(3) (1907) Ford v. Mitchell, 50 Ga. App. 617 (1935) If an employee should do something in furtherance of a lawful direction given by the employer, the employer would be liable for any injury suffered by another, whether caused by the employee's negligence or by the wanton and reckless conduct of the employee in an attempt to accomplish the employer's business in an unlawful manner. Southern Railway Co. v. James, 118 Ga. 840(2) (1903) Ledman v. Calvert Iron Works Inc., 92 Ga. App. 733, 735 (1955)