Learn how the borrowed servant rule affects liability in temporary employment situations. Understand key factors and examples ...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Jan. 31, 2025, ruling in Coryell v. Morris represents an expansion in the state’s approach to vicarious liability for franchisors. In Coryell¸ the court upheld a jury ...

Employers can reasonably expect supervisors to embody the company's philosophy and values and to avoid behavior that reflects poorly on the company's principles and business reputation. However, when ...

A GP partner who faced a ‘vicarious liability’ claim worth millions has said Pulse’s coverage of the case was 'instrumental’.

Although a jury awarded $2,109,553 to Clarence Coryell and his wife, Sandra, and against Domino's for vicarious liability, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed and remanded with instructions that ...

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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Who exactly can be held responsible for "taking" a member of a species protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA)? Since the ESA's enactment, this simple question, when brought before courts, ...

In every Australian state and the NT, churches cannot be held vicariously liable for historical child sexual abuse ...