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An employer is vicariously liable for any tortuous acts committed by an employee within the scope of employment. Known legally as respondeat superior (literally, “let the person higher up answer”), the Latin term derives historically from the liability of a servant that was imputed to the master. In the contemporary medical setting, it refers to the liability relationships among staff physicians and nurses, technologists, and residents, or between hospitals and physicians. It is important to remember that staff radiologists may be held liable for the actions of their technologists or residents, even though their own conduct may have been completely blameless.
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Eisenberg, R.L. (2004). Vicarious Liability. In: Radiology and the Law. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2040-4_2
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