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fellow-servant rule

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A quick definition of fellow-servant rule:

The fellow-servant rule is a legal idea that says an employer is not responsible for an employee's injuries caused by a coworker's carelessness. This rule has mostly been replaced by workers' compensation laws. In some places, employees were seen as fellow servants if they were working together towards the same goal. In other places, the "superior servant rule" or "doctrine of vice principal" was used to decide if an employer was responsible for an employee's injuries caused by another employee who had control over them. This is also called the common-employment doctrine. The different-department rule is the opposite of the fellow-servant rule.

A more thorough explanation:

The fellow-servant rule is a legal principle that states that an employer is not responsible for the injuries caused by one employee to another employee due to negligence.

For example, if an employee is injured because a coworker was careless, the employer is not liable for the injury under the fellow-servant rule.

However, this rule has been changed by workers' compensation laws in most states.

In some places, employees were considered fellow servants if they were working towards the same goal. In other places, the "superior servant rule" or the "doctrine of vice principal" was used to determine if an employer was responsible for an employee's injury caused by another employee who had control or direction over them.

For instance, if a manager instructs an employee to do something that results in injury to another employee, the employer may be held responsible under the superior servant rule.

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I mean if Fordham doesn't release today I will purposefully get on a train, go to new york, and then take the stinkiest shit inside the admission office's toilet (potentially clogging it and forcing them to get a plumber)
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9:35
it sent a million times lol
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9:35
Jack's just tweaking on LSD no biggie
to be fair this accurately represents my mental state
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usc pls pull through .....
i literally just need one A so i can relax before my ED decision
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:38
oh that's right USC might release
soapy
9:43
USC still has not looked at my app
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:43
when did you submit soapy?
soapy
9:44
10/16
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:44
to be fair it took them almost 2 months for me to go under review
soapy
9:44
Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:45
I have not had a date change either for Mich but I've seen people get in without one so who knows
I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
9:46
But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with
soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
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