Legal Principle:1. Master/principal is vicariously liable for the tort committed by an servant/agent in the performance of his duties as an servant/agent.2. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do or doing something which a prudent or reasonable man would not do. Factual Situation: A patient is brought to a hospital maintained by B. The patient is to be operated upon. As a result of faulty oxygen supply, the patient dies on the operation theatre table, then Decision:

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Legal Principle:<br />1. Master/principal is vicariously liable for the tort committed by an servant/agent in the performance of his duties as an servant/agent.<br />2. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do or doing something which a prudent or reasonable man would not do. Factual Situation: A patient is brought to a hospital maintained by B. The patient is to be operated upon. As a result of faulty oxygen supply, the patient dies on the operation theatre table, then Decision:






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