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Given Only the Facts Stated, Determine Whether the Situations Described

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Given only the facts stated, determine whether the situations described below reflect circumstances involving vicarious liability (A or B) . If not vicarious, indicate whether there is any potential for liability at all (C or D) . In other words, every item marked "B" will also have a second answer.
-An officer has been employed under the historic approach and is scheduled to go to the training academy within the next three months. During that time, she was not informed of the agency's policy about using leg restraints during outside transportation. She takes an inmate to a court appearance and, as they are exiting the vehicle, the inmate takes off. Two days later, he rapes and murders a teenage girl. Her family threatens to sue.


A) Yes (reflects vicarious liability)
B) No (does not reflect vicarious liability) and
C) While not vicarious, the potential for liability is involved (or)
D) Potential for liability is not involved

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