Liability of Principals for Torts of Agents: A Comparative View

Authors

Michael Conant, University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study is to review the trends of the law in England and in the United States concerning the vicarious liability of principals for torts of their agents.

I. Definitions of Servant and Agent

II. Principal’s Vicarious Liability for Agent’s Torts … A. Actual Control of Physical Method … B. Committed in the Transaction of the Business of the Agency

III. Principal’s Vicarious Liability for Agent’s Misrepresentations … A. Exculpatory Clauses … B. Negligent Misrepresentations of Agent … C. Innocent Misrepresentations of Agent

Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Michael Conant, Liability of Principals for Torts of Agents: A Comparative View, 47 Neb. L. Rev. 42 (1968)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol47/iss1/4