A list of telephone numbers had been provided Hunt in the event of an emergency. In short, Hunt s employment was to be performed at the Mullers home, and it was neither necessary nor within the contemplation of the Mullers that Hunt would be required to use her automobile to provide either food or entertainment for these small children. In this respect it may be observed that the Mullers declined to entrust Hunt with the keys to their second automobile even though it remained at the house and was not otherwise in use. Clearly, Hunt s use of her automobile was not within the contemplation of her duties as a babysitter. Her employers, the Mullers, cannot be held to have reserved the right to control the manner in which she operated her automobile when she determined to introduce into her assignment the greatly increased risk inherent in its use.
Judgment is reversed.
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