Ordinarily, vicarious liability doesn’t apply for intentional torts unless the employer authorized the action or the action was done in furtherance of the employer’s business. Harm or damage.

Tort liability arises in a number of ways, including the tort of negligence. This guide explains how tort law works, when a tortfeasor can be held liable for harm and what types of legal remedies ...

Vicarious and contributory liability are terms well-known to every tort lawyer and law student. They should also be familiar to business owners and managers. The legal theories of vicarious and ...

Certainly it does—but not in the strict version that courts apply to vicarious liability in tort. The criminal-law heritage of §487 obliges courts to construe the proscribed conduct carefully.

Vicarious liability and 'a frolic of their own' Another case further demonstrating the progression this year was Isma Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022] EWCH 132 (QB) which again focused on the second ...

Any professors out there still writing their Torts exams? Consider this fact pattern, starring Robert Shapiro of O.J. Simpson fame. The indicted chief of a fraudulent insurance company, David ...

Matthew G. Moffett (left) and M. Ryan Del Campo of Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske in Atlanta. (Courtesy photos) Six months after attorneys disputed an employer's vicarious liability for ...