Convit v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Vicarious liability . . . is merely a legal concept used to transfer liability from an agent to a principal and includes the theory of respondeat superior as developed in agency law.”
• “Vicarious liability . . . is merely a legal concept used 14 to transfer liability from an agent to a principal and includes the theory of respondeat superior as developed in agency law.”
• “We have used different terms interchangeably to describe the agency relationship that exists under the doctrine of respondeat superior, ‘including principal-agent, master-servant, and employer-employee.’ Judah v. Reiner, 744 A.2d 1037, 1040 n.5 (D.C. 2000).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).