vicarious liability

New York is one of only 10 states that have laws providing for "vicarious liability."

I'm not sure there can be vicarious liability here.

The local health authority accepted vicarious liability for this protocol.

"I have never made a nickel on any case" involving unlimited vicarious liability, he said.

Ms. Murphy said vicarious liability was the leading available criminal theory.

The general rule in the criminal law is that there is no vicarious liability.

The decision has widely influenced jurisprudence on vicarious liability outside of Canada.

You quote a law professor saying that "the concept of vicarious liability for something 10 levels below is frightening."

In theory, a second cause of action arises against the medical practitioners and their employers (see vicarious liability).

The vicarious liability issues carry over into operations.

The companies want the legislators to move quickly on bills to amend laws allowing what is known as vicarious liability.

Cases involving vicarious liability are rare, he said, and damage awards against the industry even rarer.

Beyond vicarious liability problems, life here has been miserable in the last few years, the Tostanoskis said.

However, vicarious liability will be imposed in some circumstances:

To this end, the courts must find a sufficient relationship to this effect, where issues of vicarious liability are raised.

Vicarious liability was imposed based on the employee's implied authority to protect his master's goods.

The vicarious liability of a master, in the ultimate analysis, is based upon considerations of social policy.

To establish vicarious liability, the courts must find first that there exists a relationship of employee and employer.

This resulted in a strict demarcation between the employer's personal duty and his vicarious liability.

Were he to negligently hit a pedestrian, his employer could likely still face the prospect of vicarious liability.

Imposition of vicarious liability in these circumstances has been justified on the following grounds:

Vicarious liability occurs when a defendant profits from direct infringement, yet declines to stop it.

Ms. Sylvester said the increases help offset the increased costs caused by vicarious liability lawsuits.

What concerns the rental companies are "vicarious liability" laws, in force in New York and several other states.

He said he doubted that a 25 percent increase was justified by the vicarious liability judgments and settlements.