Business law concepts of negligence

Title: Business law Name: University: Date: Case of strict Liability Re: Reylands and Fletcher The defendant here employed independent contractor to construct a reservoir on his land in order to use water power for his mill./Water escaped from the reservoir and seeped through old mine shafts which had been filled with earth and eventually flooded plaintiffs mine. It was found as a fact that the defendant had not been negligent nevertheless he was liable. The court held him liable of collecting water in his land which escaped and caused damage. Strict liability or vicarious liability is the liability of one person for the torts committed by another person. The one who committed the torts is always liable but some times another person may be liable though he did not commit. In such a case both are called joint tort feasors. An act that an employee commits in the course of his duty if it is of the class of a...