On: Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving c...

[woadwarrior01]

Indeed, the employers are very much liable for negligence by their employees and its scope is much wider than labour laws. This is called Vicarious liability[1] in common law.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_liability

[pc86 → woadwarrior01]

I don't think anyone is arguing that Uber has no liability here, only that the driver does have liability.

[wonderwonder → pc86]

Well to be fair, the the prosecutors office is arguing that.

"Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk decided in March 2019 that Uber itself had not committed a crime in Herzberg's death."

[pc86 → wonderwonder]

I stand corrected, thank you