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 ...
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 ...
Southern California Law Review . 1996Steven P.Croley.Vicarious Liability in Tort:On the Sources and Limits of Employee Reasonable-ness.S.CAL.L.REV. 1996StevenP.Croley.Vicarious Liability in Tort:On the Sources and Limits of Employee Reasonableness.....
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...
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 ...
concept of “agency”(vicariousorthird party liability), which are found in both common and civil law jurisdictions. daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 其他观点 使用了“共犯”(第二责任)或“代理人”的概念(代理人或第三方责任),这些方 面在普通法和民法管辖权中都有所涉及。
In this article, the author examines from a comparative perspective the nature of vicarious liability in tort (or liability for the acts of others, to use civilian terminology). She notes a common legal framework, crossing common and civil law boundaries, and focuses on three key questions in ...
REFORMULATING VICARIOUS LIABILITY IN TERMS OF BASIC TORT DOCTRINE: THE EXAMPLE OF EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE WORKPLACE New York University Law ReviewGEISTFELD, MARK A.
The employer might be liable in this case, albeit not necessarily under a theory of vicarious liability. Although James was previously convicted of driving while intoxicated, that crime had no relationship to the job responsibilities for which he was hired. Had James been hired as, for example,...
Vicarious Liability in Tort: What is vicarious liability? 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 ...