The Basic Rule for Whether the Principal Is Liable for the Negligence

question 112

True/False

The basic rule for whether the principal is liable for the negligence of an agent is whether the principal knew about the agent's commission of the tort.

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Definitions:

Koster and Bial

A historical entertainment venue in New York City, significant for being one of the first places where a motion picture was publicly projected to an audience in 1896.

Magic Lanterns

Early projection devices used before the advent of cinema, capable of projecting painted images onto a surface, often used for entertainment and educational purposes.

Motion Toys

Mid-nineteenth century devices that facilitated the viewing of multiple moving images. See also thaumatrope; phenakistoscope; zoetrope; praxinoscope.

Sound on Disc

An early method of providing synchronized sound to silent films using records played in conjunction with the film's projection, before the advent of sound-on-film technology.