Borrowed- or Loaned-Servant Doctrine

Borrowed- or Loaned-Servant Doctrine

Definition

In the context of a general employer’s loan of an employee’s services for another employer’s borrowed use, states that if the employee negligently performs a work-related act while under the borrower’s direction and control, vicarious liability for that negligence transfers from the general employer to the borrower.

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