LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Intentional Tort, Punitive Damages, Traveling Carnival
15 Sep 2017
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The text provided three possible justifications for the doctrine of vicarious liability, first, it serves the compensatory function of tort law because it allows. Although occ properly trained cletus, it may be that he was beyond hope, from a risk management perspective. For instance, he may be the sort of person who simply does not pay attention, regardless of how much training he receives. It therefore would be necessary to determine the capacity in which ramon was cutting grass for the company. In that regard, a court would consider a number of factors. Such damages would be intended to compensate joey for the losses and injuries that he suffered as a result of the battery. For instance, he might receive damages with respect to medical bills that he incurred or income that he lost as a result of being unable to work. That means that cheyenne committed the tort merely because she made offensive bodily contact with joey.
