In a ruling believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, a judge has found a Catholic diocese vicariously liable for clerical abuse. A judgment issued on Dec. 22 by Justice John Forrest in the ...

A judge has confirmed that the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese is vicariously liable in the St. Clare’s pensioner’s case.

State High Court: McDonald's Franchise Not Vicariously Liable for Employee's Racist Comments to Customer David A. Goldman, a member of Norman Hanson DeTroy in Portland, who represented the McDonald's ...

"Because Plaintiffs' allegations against Erlanger were that of vicarious liability and not direct liability, we hold consist with Gilreath, as did the Trial Court, that there was no genuine issue of ...

Vicarious and contributory liability are terms well-known to every tort lawyer and law student. They should also be familiar to business owners and managers. The legal theories of vicarious and ...

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Court revives lawsuit by cruise passenger injured in dance contest Notice of hazardous conditions not required for vicarious liability (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday said cruise ship ...

A Georgia appellate court has reversed a decision made by the state’s General Assembly, which found a physician liable for a physician assistant’s alleged negligence, JDSupra reported March 2. The ...

“It marks for the first time in Australia a decision that exercises attribution of liability to a bishop for the acts of his predatory priest or assistant priest,” lawyer Sangeeta Sharmin said. The ...