LAW OF TORTS SEMINAR

Vicarious
Liability
presented by-
Addya Verma (7)
INTRODUCTION

A person is liable for his own wrongful acts and one does not
incur any liability for the acts done by others. In certain cases,
however, vicarious liability, that is the liability of one person for
the act of another person, may arise. In order that the liability of
A for the act done by B can arise, it is necessary that there
should be certain kind of relationship between A and B, and the
wrongful act should be, in certain way, connected with that
relationship.
 Reasons for
vicarious
liability
The master has the ‘deepest pockets’.The
wealth of a defendant, or the fact that he has
access to resources via insurance, has in some
cases had an unconscious influence on the
development of legal principles

As the employer makes a profit from

the activities of his employees, he
should also bear any losses that those Vicarious liability encourages accident
prevention by giving an employer a financial
activities cause.
interest in encouraging his employees to take
care for the safety of others
 independent contractor is one “who undertakes to
produce a given result, but so that in the actual

Servant And
exclusion of the work, he is not under the order or
control of the person for whom he does it, and may use
his own discretion in things not specified beforehand.”
Independent
Contractor
A servant is an agent who is subject to
the control and supervision of his
employer regarding the manner in which
the work is to be done.
Judicial Pronouncements

Performing Right Society

Ltd. v Mitchell, etc. Ltd.,
(1924)
CONCLUSION

Vicarious liability is a legal term used to explain the legal responsibility

one party may hold for actions that cause harm, even if they aren’t the
party that directly caused the harm. Also sometimes referred to as
imputed liability, vicarious liability states that any party who is in an
authoritative legal relationship with another party is legally responsible if
their actions cause harm to the other party.
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