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Vicarious liability  refers to a situation where someone is held responsible for the actions or omissions of another person. In a workplace context, an employer can be liable for the acts or omissions of its employees, provided it can be shown that they took place in the course of their employment. Vicarious liability is a form of a  strict ,  secondary liability  that arises under the  common law  doctrine yof  agency ,  respondeat superior , the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability or duty to control" the activities of a violator. It can be distinguished from  contributory liability , another form of secondary liability, which is rooted in the  tort  theory of  enterprise liability  because, unlike contributory infringement, knowledge is not an element of vicarious liability.The law has developed the view that some relationships by their nature requir

Accomplice liability. Accomplice liability is the concept of imposing legal responsibility upon a person who solicits another person in committing a crime, or aids or agrees to aid such other person in planning or committing a crime. In some states, an accomplice’s act may be referred to as “aiding and abetting” a crime. The “lookout” and “getaway driver” at a bank robbery are classic examples of persons who are accomplices. Accomplices, therefore, are typically present at a crime scene, although that is not required. In addition, in many states other persons who may have aided a crime in some lesser way may be liable as “accessories.” An example of an accessory is someone who is aware that a crime has occurred and either does something to conceal the crime or assists the criminal in avoiding capture by law enforcement. These accessory offenses are commonly called “obstruction of justice.”  Vicarious liability. Vicarious liability is the concept of imposing legal responsibility upon

Welcome everyone to this beautiful season of Christmas  .  My prayer is that the good lord will continue to protect us in all our efforts in life and may our expectations never be cut short. Happy New Year to you my dear. May you have a blissful and fruitful new year.  I want to appreciate you for making out time to read this post.  Lets talk on the principle and legal implication of a third party practice in Nigeria. Who is a third party? A third party is a person who is responsible to another persons act in tort or liable to a damage caused by another . Example a: Where Mr A. Insures his car against accident and Mr A causes damage to the car owned by Mr B. Mr B will hold mr A for the act but because Mr A. Insured his car against accident, he will hold the insurance company to indemnify Mr B. Example b: Where an employee of a banks does a wrong to a customer, the bank will be held liable for the act of the employee . * What are the circumstances that give rise to a

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1. Anger Is A Fact Of Life: One of the most fundamental aspects of being a person is that we were created in God’s image. This means that we are image-bearers. Even though God’s image in man and woman has been damaged and distorted by sin, we are still image-bearers. Part of what it means to be made in God’s image is that we, like God, have a variety of emotions and are able to experience the emotions of others. One of these emotions is anger. The Bible has a lot to say about anger. In fact, in the Old Testament alone, anger is mentioned approximately 455 times with 375 of those passages referring to God’s anger. What exactly is anger? There are many words we use to describe the emotion of anger. Words like rage, fury, wrath, resentment, and hostility. Webster defines anger as “emotional excitement induced by intense displeasure.” Anger is a strong feeling of irritation or displeasure. Anger involves a physical state of readiness. When we experience anger our mind and our body pre

1. Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead; if you lose, you can guide. 2. People are not what they say but what they do; so judge them not from their words but from their actions. 3. When someone hurts you, don't feel bad because it's a law of nature that the tree that bears the sweetest fruits gets maximum number of stones. 4. Take whatever you can from your life because when life starts taking from you, it takes even your last breath. 5. In this world, people will always throw stones on the path of your success. It depends on what you make from them - a wall or a bridge. 6. Challenges make life interesting; overcoming them make life meaningful. 7. There is no joy in victory without running the risk of defeat. 8. A path without obstacles leads nowhere. 9. Past is a nice place to visit but certainly not a good place to stay. 10. You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. 11. If what you did yesterday still looks b