The defendant’s coachman had taken out for his own purposes a dog-cart which belonged to the plaintiff and had been lent to the defendant.
Held: The defendant was not vicariously liable for the coachman’s actions: ‘If the servant in doing any act breaks the connection of service between himself and his master, the act done under those circumstances is not that of the master’.
Judges:
Collins MR
Citations:
[1904] 1 KB 628
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Lister and Others v Hesley Hall Ltd HL 3-May-2001
A school board employed staff to manage a residential school for vulnerable children. The staff committed sexual abuse of the children. The school denied vicarious liability for the acts of the teachers.
Held: ‘Vicarious liability is legal . .
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Vicarious Liability
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.214673