Vicarious liability cases usually involve an employer incurring criminal liability for her employee's actions. If the defendant ordered her employee to commit the offense then she is of course liable in the conventional fashion. However, in cases of liability without fault, the employer may incur ...
The article discusses vicarious liability cases involving U.S.-based franchisors. The case Anders v. PODS, Inc. reminds franchisors and their counsel the importance that franchise agreements require franchisees to identify themselves as such. In Barker v. 7-Eleven, Inc. et al, a plaintiff sued...
What are the three elements of vicarious liability? The three elements that must be met for vicarious liability are: the wrongful act must have been committed by an employee or other agent, the employee or other agent must have been acting within the scope of his or her employment or agency...
1. What is vicarious liability?Under the law, people are normally responsible for only their ownnegligence, recklessness or intentionally wrongful acts.Though in certain cases, the law holds people responsible for other people’s wrongs. This is known as“vicarious liability” or “indirect ...
The SCC's refusal of leave to appeal in both cases effectively confirmed the lower courts' findings, as a corollary to the imposition of vicarious liability. How significant these developments will be for the already financially precarious not-for-profit sector and for churches in Canada remains ...
Understanding Vicarious Liability In most truck accident cases, the driver of the truck will be the primary person responsible for the collision of the truck and other vehicles. They may have taken many of the negligent actions that we mentioned above. ...
aApply the elements of vicarious liability in the business situations implied by the last two cases and decide if vicarious liabilities can be established in the two cases. 应用代理的责任的元素在前二个案件暗示的经济情况并且决定代理的责任是否在二个案件可以建立。[translate]...
Related to vicarious liability:Volenti non fit injuria Contingent Liability Aliabilitythat a company may have to pay, but only if a certain future event occurs. Usually, a contingent liability refers to the outcome of a lawsuit: that is, the company may have to pay a significant amount ofmone...
both economically and from a liability perspective, from the principal. The attitude of the Courts has begun to change, however, and the question of the extent of non-delegable duties has become harder to define. All of the cases considered are highly reliant on their factual matrix and...
There are many different circumstances inn which you may be held vicariously liable. If you loan your car to someone and they cause a traffic accident, you could be held vicariously liable. There have also been cases of vicarious liability where police departments were held liable when duty weap...