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 ...
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 ...
Two Very Different Stories: Vicarious Liability Under Tort and Title VII LawCHAMALLAS, MARTHAOhio State Law Journal
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 based not on a breach of any personal duty owed by the master, but on imputability of the servant's tort 替代责任不是基于雇主自身的任何个人责任,而是基于雇员侵权的可归责性。 MultiUn Furthermore, the provision was not concerned with the carrier's own employees but ...
The concept of liability in law is that a person or entity is legally responsible for their actions, obligations, or omissions. A person can be legally punished or reprimanded for the things that they do. But what about when someone is held legally liable for others' actions? The definition...
vicarious liabilityAlso found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to vicarious liability: Volenti non fit injuriaVicarious Liability The tort doctrine that imposes responsibility upon one person for the failure of another, with whom the person has a special ...
vicarious liability seeTORT. Collins Dictionary of Business, 3rd ed. © 2002, 2005 C Pass, B Lowes, A Pendleton, L Chadwick, D O’Reilly and M Afferson The legal principle that persons who are in a position to control the actions of another will be held liable for any injuries caused...
tort lawvicarious liabilityThe Botswana legal system, like most legal systems in the world, recognises some form of governmental liability for the wrongs committed by public officials. The general tendency has been to limit such liability to wrongs committed by officials in the course of and within...
This chapter discusses both common law and statute on employers' liability and vicarious liability. Employers' liability is concerned with the employer's personal, non-delegable duty in respect of the physical and psychological safety of his employees. This was established in Wilsons and Clyde Coal ...