Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
fellow–servant rule — fel·low–ser·vant rule n: a common law rule or doctrine in tort law: an employer is not liable for injuries inflicted on one employee by the fault of another employee during the course of his or her employment ◇ This rule is no longer used in most … Law dictionary
fellow servant rule — A common law doctrine, now generally abrogated by workers compensation acts and Federal Employers Liability Act, that in an action for damages brought against an employer by an injured employee the employer may allege that the negligence of… … Black's law dictionary
fellow servant rule — A common law doctrine, now generally abrogated by workers compensation acts and Federal Employers Liability Act, that in an action for damages brought against an employer by an injured employee the employer may allege that the negligence of… … Black's law dictionary
fellow servants — Literally, co workers in the same employment. For the purposes of the fellow servant doctrine:–the injured person and the person who caused the injury engaged in the service of the same employer and acting at the time the injury was sustained… … Ballentine's law dictionary
servant — An employee. One employed to perform service in master s affairs, whose physical conduct in performance of the service is controlled or is subject to right to control by the master. Reiling v. Missouri Ins. Co., 236 Mo.App. 164, 153 S.W.2d 79;… … Black's law dictionary
departmental doctrine — A limitation of the fellow servant rule to employees engaged in the same department of the employer s business or establishment. 35 Am J1st M & S § 382 … Ballentine's law dictionary
insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… … Universalium
employers' liability acts — Statutes in reference to an employer s liability for negligence resulting in injury to an employee, the most of which abrogate the fellow servant doctrine and limit the defenses of contributory negligence and the doctrine of assumption of risk… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Hierarchy of the Early Church — • The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon (ministri) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hierarchy of the Early Church Hierarchy of the Early Church … Catholic encyclopedia
association theory — A doctrine of the law of master and servant that the master will not be excused for negligence resulting in injury to one servant which is inflicted by a fellow servant, unless the servants are so engaged and situated as that each by carefulness… … Ballentine's law dictionary
