Vicarious liability is controversial: a principle of strict liability in an area dominated by fault-based liability. By making an innocent party pay compensation for the torts of another, it can also appear unjust. Yet it is a principle found in all Western legal systems, be they civil law ...
VICARIOUS LIABILITY IN TORTS: THE SEX EXCEPTIONChamallas, MarthaValparaiso University Law ReviewChamallas M (2013) Vicarious liability in torts: The sex exception. Valparaiso University Law Review 48: 133.
Liability for sexual abuseListerPolicy regarding vicarious liabilityRowlandTests for vicarious liabilityTort lawA INTRODUCTION The recent escalation in sexual torts litigation in Canada has yielded two lines of legal authority of importance to religious and other not-for-profit organizations implicated when ...
Introduction The doctrine of vicarious liability lies at the heart of all common law systems of tort law. It represents not a tort, but a rule of responsibility which renders the defendant liable for the torts committed by another. The classic example is that of employer and employee: the emp...
Vicarious liability is a legal doctrine in which you can be held liable for the wrongful acts of third parties, such as your employees or agents. In California, if a court finds vicariously liable, you may be ordered to pay for the victim's medical bills
But given the trend in vicarious liability law, such policy statements are unlikely to protect a private university from liability for torts committed by its dependent student press. Instead, decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States suggest, and this article argues, that the adoption ...
The legal principle that persons who are in a position to control the actions of another will be held liable for any injuries caused by that other person.Liability does not rely on proving there was improper training, instructions, control, or supervision. Rather, it is imposed merely because ...
chapter discusses the three special forms of criminal liability: strict liability (including absolute liability), vicarious liability, and corporate liability. ... N Monaghan - 《Criminal Law Directions》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 Corporate Criminal Liability in Indonesia Anti-Corruption Law: Does It Wo...
The vicarious liability of employers for the torts of their employees is one of the most firmly established principles in the common law world. Yet in cases of sexual abuse or exploitation, U.S. courts have created an exception to the rule, applying the familiar "course and scope of ...
As we have seen, liability in the modern law of torts is generally still dependent on proof of some notion of fault or blameworthiness. Liability will not, subject to certain well-known exceptions, be imposed on a person unless he has intentionally or negligently caused some loss or damage ...