LAWG 101D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dont, Divergent Series, Force Majeure
23 Jan 2018
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Liability for injury caused by the acts of others: parental liability. Vicarious liability (1463) or (1457 if direct liability) Vicarious liability: can be both direct liability (if the employer is responsible or has been negligent in ensuring appropriate care on the part of the employee) or vicarious liability. For the employer, liability is strict in nature. But in this paragraph there is a only when. A person deprived of parental authority is bound in the same manner, if the act or fault of the minor is related to the education he has given to him. In contract to vicarious liability, which is strict liability, parental liability is "fault based" liability, as the parents are only held responsible for their own fault/ failure of education or supervision. In other words, parental liability only kicks in when the parent has failed in parenting in some way.
