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Under the Respondeat Superior Doctrine, generally, the employer is vicariously liable for the negligent acts of an Independent Contractor that occur within the Scope of the Contract and cause harm to a third party resulting from: i) Negligence, ii) Intentional Torts, iii) Both, iv) Neither?
Group of answer choices
Intentional Torts
Negligence
Both
Neither
Option c is correct. Under Respondent Superior Doctrine, the
employer is vicariously liable for the negligent acts of an
Independent Contractor that occur with in the scope of the contract
and cause harm to third party resulting from negligence and
intentional Torts.
Under Respondent superior an employer is liable for negligent acts
or omission of any employee acting within the course and scope of
his employment
Respondent superior doctrine explains that cost of of intentional
torts committed in conduct of business enterprise should be
incurred by enterprise as cost of doing business