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Vicarious liability
When one person is liable for the negligent actions of another person, even though the first person was not directly responsible for the injury. For instance, a parent sometimes can be vicariously liable for the harmful acts of a child and an employer sometimes can be vicariously liable for the acts of a worker.
When a person is held responsible for the tort of another even though the person being held responsible may not have done anything wrong. - ( read more on Vicarious liability)
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