Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier
United States Code
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- 2023Craigville Telephone Co. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. N.D. Ill.
- 2023Rowan v. Pierce D.P.R.
- 2022Spurlark v. Dimension Service Corporation S.D. Ohio
- 2022CHAMPION v. THE CREDIT PROS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION D.N.J.
- 2020CE Design Ltd v. C & T Pizza, Inc Ill. App. Ct.
- 2020FDS Restaurant v. All Plumbing Inc. D.C.
- 2019Brodsky v. HiLine Coffee Company, Inc. S.D.N.Y.
- 2019Alvord v. Quick Fi Capital D. Utah
- 2017Isham v. United States 10th Cir.
- 2013Uesco Industries, Inc. v. Poolman of Wisconsin, Inc. Ill. App. Ct.
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In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any common carrier or user, acting within the scope of his employment, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such carrier or user as well as that of the person. (Source: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 217, 48 Stat. 1077.))