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...
As we have seen, the modern law of torts is still generally based on 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 to the plaintiff. Thus, ...
Tests 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 an employee or volunteer is found liable for the sexual or physical...
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 ...
Vicarious liability (respondeat superior) is a venerable common law doctrine which holds an employer liable for the torts of employees, regardless of the fault of the employer. An employer's liability for the torts of its employees can represent a significant financial obligation and can affect bot...
–This work analyses case law decisions pertaining to vicarious liability. Findings –The paper examines how court decisions have acted to widen considerably the application of vicarious liability in a business context. Research limitations/implications –Further research could usefully speculate on the dir...
内容提示: THE SERVICEMAN AND VICARIOUS LIABILITYOn December 15, 1950 the President of the United Statesdeclared anothed national emergency and directed that-thearmed forces be enlarged to three and a half million men bythe Spring of 1951. With this tremendous increase in mobil-ization the ...
One hundred years later Susan Kiefel, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Australia, pointed out that vicarious liability remains an anomaly in the law of torts. Vicarious liability requires A to pay B because C, acting as A's agent, has injured B, where A was not per- sonally at ...
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 ofdoi:10.2139/ssrn.2432094Martha ChamallasSocial Science Electronic PublishingChamallas M (2013) Vicarious liability in torts: The sex ...
The court asserted that a franchisor could be held liable for the improper sale of cards of its franchisees.EBSCO_bspBusiness Torts Reporter