What is the liability of an employer when an employee gets into a car accident at a social function?

The court also said: "The attendance at a social function, although not forming part of the normal duties of the employee, may come under the `special errand rule' if the function or the attendance was connected with the employment and for a material part intended to benefit the employer who requested or expected the employee to attend." And further: "If the employee is within the scope of his employment when he inflicts injuries, the fact that the automobile which caused the injury belonged to the employee will not relieve the employer from liability if the employee's use of his car was with the express or implied consent of the employer." Citing cases including the case of Ryan v. Farrell, supra. (Emphasis supplied.)