Question

Sea Breeze Properties CC is building a beach house for Hilde, an Architect. When the project reached halfway stage, Hilde came to inspect the Job-site. While she was looking around, Simon, a bricklayer in the employment of Sea Breeze Properties CC, negligently dropped a cement bucket on her brand new Mercedez Benz. Hilde wants to know whether she has a claim against Sea Breeze Properties CC. Motivate your answer.

Answer 1

yes , Ms, Hilde has a claim against Sea breeze properties as , though negligently , but the bucket of cement was dropped on her brand new car. So there arises a vicarious liability.

Vicarious Liability deals with cases where one person is liable for the acts of others. In the field of Torts it is considered to be an exception to the general rule that a person is liable for his own acts only. ... So a master is liable for the acts of his servant if the act is done in the course of employment.

So in the above case , there arises a vicarious liability of Sea Breeze Properties CC to indemnify the loss occured to Ms. Hilde by the act of their servant.