Doctrine that people are responsible for their agents' actions
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Respondeat superior (Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: respondeant superiores) is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (and has vicarious liability for) acts of his agents.[1]: 794 For example, in the United States, there are circumstances when an employer is liable for acts of employees performed within the course of their employment.[2] This rule is also called the master-servant rule, recognized in both common law and civil law jurisdictions.[3]
In a broader scope, respondeat superior is based upon the concept of vicarious liability.
^Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]
^Harger, Lloyd. "Workers' Compensation, A Brief History". Florida Department of Financial Services. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
^Owen, Ralph Dornfeld (1955). "Tort Liability in German School Law". Law and Contemporary Problems. 20 (1). Duke University School of Law: 72–79. doi:10.2307/1190275. JSTOR 1190275.
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