Sentences with phrase «found vicarious liability»

It appears tolerably clear that a spontaneous act that is merely linked to employment because that employment provides the opportunity to commit that tort will likely not found vicarious liability (though compare and contrast to the decision of the House of Lords in Lister).

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Second, citing Finlayson v. GMAC Leaseco Ltd., 2007 ONCA 557, the motion judge found that because Almeida consented to Araujo's possession, any restrictions (including John Paul Almeida's instructions), «would not exculpate him from vicarious liability».

A copyright - owning plaintiff must still establish the elements of infringement against the service provider — whether for direct infringement or under a theory of secondary liability (like vicarious infringement)-- even if the defendant does not find itself within the DMCA safe harbor.

While allowing the vicarious liability claim to proceed, the Court held that the plaintiff could not found a claim on an alleged breach of the safeguarding provision in British Columbia's public sector privacy act.