Employers often bear legal responsibility for employees' accidents or wrongs.This vicarious liability springs from the doctrine of _____.

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An enterprise ordinarily will not be liable for the acts of its independent contractors.Employers,on the other hand,often bear legal responsibility for employees' accidents or wrongs.That liability may spring from the doctrine of respondeat superior (let the master answer),a form of vicarious liability (sometimes called imputed liability).

Employers Often Bear Legal Responsibility for Employees' Accidents or Wrongs