An employee who is expressly authorized to employ a substitute is liable to the employee's principal only for want of ordinary care in the employee's selection. The substitute is directly responsible to the principal.
S.D. Codified Laws § 60-2-15
Responsibility of employee for substitute
Source: CivC 1877, § 1146; CL 1887, § 3769; RCivC 1903, § 1465; RC 1919, § 1089; SDC 1939, § 17.0312; SL 2008, ch 276, § 20.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.