Under the doctrine of respondent superior:

A. the release from legal liability of a servant-employee for a wrongful act does not prevent legal recovery from the master-employer for the act by the servant-employee.

B. if a servant employee is sued and found not be liable for an alleged wrongful act, the master-employer cannot be held vicariously liable for that act

C. whether the servant-employee was acting within the scope of his or her employment has very little impact on the potential ability of the master-employer

D. the master-employer can never be held responsible for the criminal acts of a servant-employee