Opinion ID: 1160300
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Carol Sinclair:

Text: On July 28, 1974, Carol Sinclair was a 19-year-old woman employed as a salesperson by Combined Insurance Company and engaged in the renewal and sale of health and accident insurance. Miss Sinclair and her friend, Janet Harutyk, were hired at about the same time in 1974. They attended training school together and were graded the highest in their class, after which they took and passed the Wyoming insurance examination and joined Mr. Boone's sales team. Carol had difficulty selling insurance, and Janet decided to leave the Company, which she did on July 27, 1974. Miss Sinclair had lost a sale that day and, with her friend leaving, she, too, was seriously considering quitting her job with Combined Insurance. She confronted Mr. Boone with this possibility and he urged her to stay, representing that he would immediately commence her field training and assuring her that, with his help, her sales would increase. Mr. Boone then advised Miss Sinclair that he had to go to Jackson that day and asked her to accompany him, promising that he would, during the trip, work with her on the presentation speeches and rebuttal arguments which she was to employ in her sales relationship with prospective customers. Boone also promised Carol that if she would remain with the Company he would accompany her the next day to a customer's place of business, where he believed the opportunity for selling a new or renewal policy was good. The evidence is clear that, since Mr. Boone was responsible for keeping up the team strength, he was most anxious not to lose the services of Miss Sinclair and was doing all he could to placate her so she would remain on his sales team. During the trip to Jackson, Mr. Boone worked with Carol on her sales presentations and rebuttals as he had promised he would. She testified that Mr. Boone drank two cans of beer as they traveled between Afton and Jackson, Wyoming. She also testified that she knew that the team's next stop was Jackson, and, when they left Afton, she assumed that Mr. Boone was going there to make accommodations and do his advance work in behalf of the team. The two went to the Cowboy Bar in Jackson, where Carol drank two tequila drinks and one gin collins. Boone, in her presence, consumed three drinks. While at the bar, Boone asked Carol to visit with a woman they met there to advise with her about the benefits of the Company opportunities, all with an eye to the possibility that this individual might be suitable for employment. Carol complied with this request. During the early evening, Carol complained of experiencing stomach cramps, whereupon she returned to the Boone vehicle and fell asleep. She did not regain consciousness until after the accident.