Legal channeling is the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability for an event.
For example; the third part liability for nuclear power plants is often channelled to the operator of the nuclear power plant. Therefore, contractors, who work at a nuclear power plant, do not have to have insurance in case one of their employees causes an accident with third party damages as a consequence.
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Strict liability
In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an activity even in the absence of fault or criminal intent on the part of the defendant.
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Joint and several liability
Where two or more persons are liable in respect of the same liability, in most common law legal systems they may either be:
* jointly liable, or
* severally liable, or
* jointly and severally liable.
Joint liability
If parties have joint liabili ...
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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 re ...
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Nuclear liability