NY's Top Court Holds That Workplace Safety Provision for Excavators Can't Serve as Predicate for Vicarious Liability

A 4-3 holding by the New York Court of Appeals denied an estate's labor law claim, after finding the state's workplace safety ...
The National Law Review

NO LINK, NO LIABILITY: Court Dismisses Vicarious Liability Allegations.

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Pennsylvania’s Expanding Vicarious Liability Standard

The Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Jan. 31, 2025, ruling in Coryell v. Morris represents an expansion in the state’s approach to vicarious liability for franchisors. In Coryell¸ the court upheld a jury ...
HRD America

Iowa Supreme Court bars negligent retention claims when vicarious liability is conceded

Iowa employers just got a powerful new tool to keep messy HR files and past discipline out of negligence trials. The Iowa ...
The National Law Review

Yo-Ho-No Vicarious Liability for Online Piracy Without Financial Benefit

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JD Supra

American Law Institute Endorses Novel Vicarious Liability Tort for Employee Sexual Assaults

In a controversial decision, the American Law Institute (ALI) approved a novel “Special Rule on Vicarious Liability for Sexual Assault” that endorses a new strict liability tort claim against ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

The perils of secondary liability for copyright infringement

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 ...
JD Supra

Virginia’s New “Vulnerable Victim” Law Increases Employers’ Potential for Vicarious Liability in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Suits Against Employees

A new Virginia law, effective July 1, 2025, adds Section 8.01-42.6 to the Virginia Code to address employers’ vicarious liability for their employees’ tortious conduct in personal injury and wrongful ...
Tampa Bay Times

For a fairer liability law

Florida is one of only six states in which automobile rental companies _ or any car owner, for that matter _ are held liable for unlimited damages in accidents that result solely from driver ...