An employer can be liable for injury done by an employee to a third party under the doctrine known as vicarious liability. Vicarious liability can arise when the employee’s activity that caused the ...

The American Law Institute approved a controversial new provision of the Restatement of Torts, Third expanding vicarious liability to employers for certain sexual assaults committed by employees ...

When lawyers conduct a review of the case law, they are not reviewing all of the cases that have impacted individuals throughout the country. What they are reviewing are those few cases that were ...

When I lecture on medical malpractice issues, I am frequently asked whether in a medical liability claim, and for that matter, any other claim where a certificate of merit is required: "Should I file ...

filed in Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA") class action litigation inRogers v. BNSF Ry. Co., No. 19 CV 3083, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173322 (N.D. Ill ...

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 ...

The unique placement of midwives in the health care industry prompts renewed consideration of vicarious liability. Generally, vicarious liability is the liability of an employer for an employee's ...