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Vicarious Liability Vicarious Liability
VICARIOUS LIABILITY Vicarious liability, which is common in some areas of the law, refers to legal responsibility for the actions of another. If a law holds X responsible for Y's actions, then X's liability is said to be vicarious. In the criminal law, however, courts and commentators use the... Read more
liability liability
liability in law, an obligation of one party to another, usually to compensate financially. It is a fundamental aspect of tort law, although liability may also arise from duties entered into by special agreement, as in a contract or in the carrying out of a fiduciary duty. Liability is not... Read more
Federal Employers Liability Act Federal Employers Liability Act
Federal Employers' Liability Act (1908) John Fabian Witt Congress adopted the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) (35 Stat. 65) in 1908. FELA governs the circumstances under which an injured employee of any interstate railroad (as well as any railroad in the District of Columbia or a... Read more
Strict Liability Strict Liability
STRICT LIABILITY Although there is some dispute as to whether Anglo-American criminal law has always required the state to prove that the defendant had a culpable mental state for every element of an offense, there is general consensus that, except for the rule that ignorance of the law is no... Read more
Attempt Attempt
ATTEMPT To be punishable as a criminal attempt, conduct must consist of an intent to perform an act or to bring about a result that would constitute a crime, together with some substantial steps taken in furtherance of that intent. This article describes the historical development of criminal... Read more
Limited Liability Partnership Limited Liability Partnership
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP A form of general partnership that provides an individual partner protection against personal liability for certain partnership obligations. The Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) is essentially a general partnership in form, with one important difference. Unlike a... Read more
Deposits in Court Deposits in Court
DEPOSITS IN COURT The payments of funds or property to an officer of the court as a precautionary measure during the pendency of litigation. The amount placed with the court constitutes the acknowledged liability of a person who is uncertain as to whom he or she is liable. The ascertainment... Read more
Disparate Impact Disparate Impact
DISPARATE IMPACT A theory of liability that prohibits an employer from using a facially neutral employment practice that has an unjustified adverse impact on members of a protected class. A facially neutral employment practice is one that does not appear to be discriminatory on its face; rather it... Read more
Impeach Impeach
IMPEACH To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as in to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach its verdict. To proceed against a public officer for crime or misfeasance, before a... Read more
Net worth Net worth
Net Worth The "net worth" of a business is the remainder after total liabilities are deducted from total assets. If total assets are $1 million and total liabilities $800,000, net worth will be $200,000. On a balance sheet Assets are typically shown in the left column, Liabilities in the right... Read more

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Second Circuit broadens definition of 'accident' in airline injury cases.
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