Liability of Principal for Agents' Torts = Vicarious Liability

3. Vicarious Liability refers to "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."

Here are discussions of vicarious liability in torts under respondeat superior in examples from Canada and in Finland .