Sentences with phrase «scope of vicarious liability»

Facing many compensation claims by victims of child abuse, the Catholic Church initially sought to challenge the scope of vicarious liability, arguing (for example) that it could not be liable for sexual abuse committed by a priest where the victim was not a Catholic and therefore (it argued) there was not a sufficiently close connection between the individual priest's wrongful acts and his priestly status (see Maga v The Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church [2010] EWCA Civ 256).

Meghann McTague examines the impact of recent case law on the scope of vicarious liability in abuse claims

The clearest and most obvious example of this judicial thinking has been the growth in the scope of vicarious liability of employers for the torts of their employees.

Not exact matches

Also, Massachusetts recognizes a legal doctrine called vicarious liability, which holds an employer liable for careless acts that an employee commits during the course and scope of employment.

The outcome of a vicarious liability claim against an employer of a dog owner in a recent Maine dog bite injury lawsuit hinged on whether the employee was acting in the course and scope of employment at the time the dog attacked.

Under one type of vicarious liability, known as respondeat superior, an employer may be held liable for the negligent acts of its employee if the employee's actions fall within the course and scope of the employee's employment.

However, vicarious liability may only apply if the accident was unintentional and happened during the scope of the driver's employment.

The decision represents another significant expansion of the scope of the law on vicarious liability in the claimant's favour.

There was also an interesting attempt to deny any vicarious liability on the basis that the pilot was not authorised to «mishandle or carry out any activities which was [sic] not consistent with normal and safe landing procedure» and that «in the event such mishandling occurred, it was outside the scope of the pilots employment.»

The primary types of vicarious liability in Louisiana are an employer's vicarious liability for damages caused by an employee in the course and scope of employment, and a parent's liability for the acts of an unemancipated minor child.

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained