18 relations: Background check, Bus, Causation (law), Causation in English law, Donoghue v Stevenson, Duty of care, Employment, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Law of agency, Minnesota, Minnesota Supreme Court, Negligence, Negligent entrustment, Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co, Sexual harassment, Tort, United States, Vicarious liability.
Background check
A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records, and financial records of an individual or an organization.
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Bus
A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.
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Causation (law)
Causation is the "causal relationship between conduct and result".
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Causation in English law
Causation in English law concerns the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence.
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Donoghue v Stevenson
was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords.
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Duty of care
In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.
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Employment
Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.
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Fair Credit Reporting Act
The Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 (“FCRA”) is U.S. Federal Government legislation enacted to promote the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of consumer reporting agencies.
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Law of agency
The law of agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi-contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person, called the agent, that is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the principal) to create legal relations with a third party.
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Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.
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Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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Negligence
Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.
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Negligent entrustment
Negligent entrustment is a cause of action in tort law that arises where one party (the entrustor) is held liable for negligence because they negligently provided another party (the entrustee) with a dangerous instrumentality, and the entrusted party caused injury to a third party with that instrumentality.
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Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co
Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co or Wagon Mound (No. 2),.
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Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.
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Tort
A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Vicarious liability
Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability or duty to control" the activities of a violator.
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