vicarious liability
noun[U]
LAWukuslegalresponsibilityfor other people'sactions,especiallythose ofyouremployeesorcustomers:
Thevandriver'semployercould besuedfornegligenceunder theprincipleofvicariousliability.
Examplesofvicarious liability
vicarious liability
Vicariousliabilityoccurs when a defendant profits from direct infringement, yet declines to stop it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This structure is similar to other professional services networks which seek to limitvicariousliabilityfor acts of other members.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The effect would be to sterilise the common-law test forvicariousliabilityand to purge it of any normative or social or economic considerations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Were he to negligently hit a pedestrian, his employer could likely still face the prospect ofvicariousliability.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thevicariousliabilityof a master, in the ultimate analysis, is based upon considerations of social policy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whether the principles ofvicariousliabilitythemselves required development beyond an acceptance of the normative character of their provenance and application was a different matter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Non-profits can havevicariousliabilityfor injuries caused by their employees or volunteers to third parties, such as by traffic accidents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dualvicariousliabilityis most unlikely to be a possibility if one of the candidates for such liability is also personally at fault.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A common example of a solidary obligation created thorough operation of law isvicariousliabilitysuch as "respondeat superior".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But the present cases clearly fall on the side ofvicariousliability.
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