n. sometimes called "imputed liability," attachment of responsibility to a person for harm or damages caused by another person in either a negligence lawsuit or criminal prosecution. Thus, an employer of an employee who injures someone through negligence while in the scope of employment (doing work for the employer) is vicariously liable for damage...
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Vicarious liability is a form of strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency – respondeat superior – the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate, or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the `right, ability or duty to control` the activities of a viola.....
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[criminal] The legal principle of vicarious liability applies to hold one person liable for the actions of another when engaged in some form of joint or collective activity. ==History== Before the emergence of states which could bear the high costs of maintaining national policing and impartial court systems, local communities operated self...
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(from the article `tort`) Vicarious liability is liability imposed on the master of a servant for the tort of that servant when committed in the course of his employment. This ...
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An employer is vicariously liable for negligent acts or omissions by his employee in the course of employment whether or not such act or omission was specifically authorised by the employer. To avoid vicarious liability, an employer must demonstrate either that the employee was not negligent in that the employee was reasonably careful or that the e...
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Liability of one person for the behaviour of another acting on their behalf. The liability of the employer, for example, for the negligent acts or omissions of their employees acting within the cause and scope of their employment.
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Where a party is liable for the torts (wrongful act or omission) or crimes of another party. Mostly commonly occurs where an employer is liable for the actions of an employee.
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Where an employer is held liable for a tort committed by an employee in the course of their employment.
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(n). A vicarious liability can be defined as the liability created by an action or non action by a person, working on behalf of him when he is responsible for all the action or inaction of such person within the limits of their association. So when an employee or worker cause a loss to somebody in the normal course of his duty then the employer wil...
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Having legal responsibility for the actions of another, e.g. the liabilty of an organisation for the actions of its employees
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When one person is liable for the negligent actions of another person, even though the first person was not directly responsible for the injury. For instance, a parent sometimes can be vicariously liable for the harmful acts of a child and an employer sometimes can be vicariously liable for the acts of a worker.
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Responsibility for a civil wrong that a supervisor bears when a subordinate or associate has actually committed the acts that give rise to the liability. For example, the owner of a residential rental may be vicariously liable if the manager discriminates against tenants on the basis of their religion.
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