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respondeat superior<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n [Law Latin “let the superior make answer”]<\/span>
\n (17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Torts<\/em>.\u00a0 The doctrine holding an employer or principal liable for the employee’s or agent’s wrongful acts committed within the scope of the employment or agency.<\/strong> \u2014 aka master-servant rule<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span>
\n See SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The doctrine under which amiability is imposed upon an employer for the acts of his employees committed in the course and scope of their employment. 35 Am J1st M & S \u00a7 543<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The tort liability<\/a> of a principal for the act of his agent is based, not on the agency relationship, but on the relation of employer and employee, and is expressed by the maxim “respondeat superior.” 3 Am J2d Agency \u00a7 261<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Means “let the master respond.”\u00a0 The doctrine under which liability is imposed upon an employer for the acts of its employees committed in the course and scope of their employment.\u00a0 Similarly, respondeat superior makes a principal liable for a tort committed by her agent, and a master responsible for the negligence of his servant.<\/strong><\/span>
\n See borrowed servant rule<\/em>.<\/span>
\n See also course of employment<\/em>; scope of employment<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from W. Page Keeton et al.’s<\/span> Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts<\/em><\/a> \u00a7 69, at 500 (5th ed. 1984):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Most courts have made little or no effort to explain the result, and have taken refuge in rather empty phrases, such as ‘he who does a thing through another does it himself,’ or the endlessly repeated formula of ‘respondeat superior,’ which in itself means nothing more than to ‘look to the man higher up.’<\/span>“<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: W. Page Keeton et al.’s Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts<\/em><\/a> \u00a7 69, at 500 (5th ed. 1984)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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