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vicarious liability
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Copyright information© A Dictionary of Law 2002, originally published by Oxford University Press 2002. (Hide copyright information)
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vicarious liability (
vicarious responsibility
)
Legal liability imposed on one person for torts or crimes committed by another (usually an employee but sometimes an
independent contractor
or agent), although the person made vicariously liable is not personally at fault. An employer is vicariously liable for torts committed by his employees when he has authorized or ratified them or when the tort was committed in the course of the employees' work. Thus negligent driving by someone employed as a driver is a tort committed in the course of his employment, but if the driver were to assault a passing pedestrian for motives of private revenge, the assault would not be connected with his job ...
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