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What is vicarious liability?

What is vicarious liability? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The legal responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate.
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The municipality is pursued for its vicarious liability for the negligence of its employee.
The action was brought against the referee, for whom the Union accepted vicarious liability.
The issue as to whether the intermediary has or has not acted negligently is thus irrelevant in regard to the imposition of vicarious liability.
At one time there was some confusion over the basis of an employer's vicarious liability.
Ms. Murphy said vicarious liability was the leading available criminal theory.
The criminal law model of vicarious liability was adapted from the law of torts.

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