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    Tortious Liability

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    TOPIC: WHAT IS TORT‚ AND TORTIOUS LIABILITY ? From a legal standpoint‚ a tort is a private or civil wrong or injury (other than a breach of contract) for which a court of law may provide a remedy through a lawsuit for damages (compensation). For example‚ when a person violates his/her duty to others created under general (or statutory) law‚ a tort has been committed. Tort law relies heavily on the common law‚ the legal opinions of the Courts‚ general trends in the community‚ and legal scholarship

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    Contractual and Non-contractual Liability I. Contract A contract is an agreement having a lawful object entered into voluntarily by two or more parties‚ each of whom intends to create one or more legal obligations between them. The elements of a contract are "offer" and "acceptance" by "competent persons" having legal capacity who exchange "consideration" to create "mutuality of obligation." Contracts may be bilateral or unilateral. A bilateral contract is an agreement in which each of the

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    A Project on the topic Government’s Contractual Liabilities Submitted towards the partial fulfillment of I semester (summer-session) of MBA-MBL Degree for the subject General Principals of Contract Submitted by: Submitted to: Pavan Kumar Gupta Mr. Sourabh Bhattacharjee

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    Liability

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    Occupiers Liability for Dangerous Premises Occupiers’ liability is a field of tort law‚ codified in statute‚ which concerns the duty of care that those who occupy (through ownership or lease) real property owe to people who visit or trespass. It deals with liability that may arise from accidents caused by the defective or dangerous condition of the premises. By the expression “Premises” in the context of this topic is meant‚ not only‚ land and buildings but also vehicles‚ railway carriages‚ scaffolding

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    Liability

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    Morning Session F. Tort Liability of Healthcare Institutions and Managed Care -Liability for Employees and Non-Employees -Vicarious Liability (pages 418-431): -Agency Law and the Test of “Control”: A. Defining “Employee” in the Hospital Setting -Hospital vicariously liable for acts of employees such as nurses‚ technicians‚ clerks‚ custodians‚ cooks‚ etc. -However‚ physicians are often independent contractors using hospital facilities via staff privileges. So‚ liability of hospitals for physician

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    Tort Liability and Contract Liability A tort is a legal term for "a wrong." The "tort law" is composed of state statutes and court decisions that gives one the right to sue someone who causes harm to them‚ whether it’s a drunk driver‚ a corporation that manufactures a defective product‚ a credit card company that overcharges you‚ or a government bureaucrat that breaks the law or a school official such as a teacher or principal. The law of the state in which the school is located determines a school’s

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    Vicarious Liability

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    Seminar 7 Vicarious Liability The problem question deals mainly with the issue of Vicarious Liability and Negligence. In order to advise Jerry one would have to explore the rules of vicarious liability‚ relevant statute law and case law which may apply. Vicarious liability has been defined as the person who commits a wrong must be an employee and not an independent contractor‚ the employee must have committed a tort and the tort must have been in the course of employment. The doctrine of ‘vicarious

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    Vicarious Liability

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    IABILITY 1 A THEORY OF VICARIOU S LIABILITY J.W . N EYERS * This article proposes a theory of vicarious liability which attempts to explain the central features and limitations of the doctrine. The main premise of the article is that the common law should continue to impose vicarious liability because it can co-exist with the current tort law regime that imposes liability for fault. The author lays out the central features of the doctrine of vicarious liability and examines why the leading rationales

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    liability of negligence

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    Liability of Negligence When a person is said to be liable for an action under the law‚ it means that they are responsible in some way for the outcome that results either in the law of a nation to be violated which comes under criminal liability‚ or in an injury to other individuals that is considered to be a civil liability. The main requirement for a liability happens to be intent1‚ which says that‚ an individual is not responsible for something that they did not mean to do. However‚ the Law of

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    Vicarious Liability

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    A2 law: tort: Vicarious Liability Question 2-Fairness/Unfairness. Vicarious liability arises when one party is responsible for the tort of another. This situation occurs frequently when an employer is held responsible for the torts committed by an employee. An employer can only be held responsible for the torts of an employee‚ not for an independent contractor. There are also some rules that must be satisfied. First it must be proven that the tortfeaser is an employee. The act the tortfeaser

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