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The veto extends a feud over the city's right to cash that flows from a donated swath of oil-rich Louisiana coast.
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — The North Carolina Senate passed a pair of immigration regulations Tuesday that would open sanctuary cities to liability and facilitate transferring immigrants accused of ...
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia recently dealt with a case involving vicarious liability where an organisation was sued for sexual abuse perpetrated by a volunteer against a young person in ...
Land hoarders “are laughing” at local authorities and at local communities where they are allowing properties to lie idle and failing to pay €20.5 million in outstanding derelict site levies ...
How These Practices Can Impact Your Case A trucking company’s carelessness or violations of state and federal regulations may impose truck accident liability directly on the company.
Understanding Vicarious Liability Under California's vicarious liability laws, an employer can be held responsible for truck accident injuries caused by their employees while acting within the ...
Vicarious liability is where a party can be held liable for the wrongful acts of another on the basis of the particular relationship that exists between the parties. Three relationships ...
Example of Vicarious Liability Exxon Shipping Co. was held liable for the actions of a tanker captain and crew in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. A series of negligent events onboard the tanker ...
Barclay, now 68 years old, said he was stunned when the High Court found existing legislation did not provide a basis for imposing vicarious liability on the church for the misconduct of its clerics.
The Impact of Vicarious Liability on Employers. Employers can reasonably expect supervisors to embody the company's philosophy and values and to avoid behavior that reflects poorly on the company ...
The Commissioner of Police should not be held “vicariously liable” for the actions of his officers but the state can be, a Court of Appeal panel found. A civil judgment, published this month ...
Cox was sued for vicarious and contributory infringement of copyrighted music downloaded by subscribers to its internet services. A jury sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia awarded Sony ...