What Is the Rationale Behind Vicarious Liability

question 71

Multiple Choice

What is the rationale behind vicarious liability?

• A)The employer should have better hiring practices.
• B)The employer typically has more money to pay for the harm.
• C)The employer benefits from the work of the employee,therefore,the employer should also be responsible for any harm the employee caused.
• D)The employer did know or should have known his or her employee would cause harm.
• E)Under the time and place theory,the employee would not have caused harm at that exact time and place had it not been for the employer.

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