Vicarious liability is a form of secondary liability by which an employer or other superior can be held liable for the actions of another. In vicarious liability, an employer is held liable for injuries that an employee causes if the employee was acting within the scope of their employment.
Secondary liability means that a person is held liable not for their own actions but for the actions of someone else to whom they are related enough to be held liable. Beyond employers, other situations of vicarious liability include parents and children.
In the situation of a parent and child, the parent is held liable for the actions of the child because the parent is supposed to have enough control over the child to prevent the child from injuring others. Also, because the child is a minor, the parent is responsible for all aspects of the child.
The employer/employee relationship can be different. In many cases, the employee does something to cause injury that is not within the scope of his or her employment. If the employee, while acting outside of the scope of their employment, injures someone, the employer is not liable for the injuries. In many vicarious liability cases, whether the employee was following a direction or company policy can be the difference between victory for the plaintiff or defeat.
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