{"title":"Other issues of liability","authors":"A. Smajdor, J. Herring, R. Wheeler","doi":"10.1093/med/9780199659425.003.0014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explains when a person can be liable for failing to act. It also explores the concept of vicarious liability whereby a public body or company can be liable for the acts of employees. It also considers the circumstances in which a company can itself be liable for a crime. The chapter addresses the possibility of no fault liability which is used in some jurisdictions.","PeriodicalId":415921,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199659425.003.0014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter explains when a person can be liable for failing to act. It also explores the concept of vicarious liability whereby a public body or company can be liable for the acts of employees. It also considers the circumstances in which a company can itself be liable for a crime. The chapter addresses the possibility of no fault liability which is used in some jurisdictions.
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