BLAW 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Sports Agent, Walkie-Talkie
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Principal: a person who has someone else acting for him. Agent: a person who acts for someone else: exm. Cashier, sports agent, all employees are agent, but not all agents are employees. In other words, in an agency relationship, someone (the agent) agrees to perform a task for, and under the control of, someone else (the principal) To create an agency relationship: a principal, an agent, consent, control. Consent: to est. consent, principal ask agent to do something and agent must agree. Control: principals are liable for the acts of their agents because they exercise control over the agents, principal have control over the agent. Your employee while on the delivery job crashes by beating the red light. Principal and agent both are liable and can be sued on negligence. However independent contracts, owner does not have control. People from other companies fixing things at utd or installing. Polze gets mad at referee and hits him.
