单词 | Tortfeasor |
释义 | 侵權人 A wrongdoer, a person who commits a tort; a person responsible in law for damage caused to another. A person vicariously liable for the tort of another is also regarded as a tortfeasor: KR & Ors v Bryn Alyn Community (Holdings) Ltd (In Liq) & Anor [2004] 2 All ER 716 (CA). Where the damage is caused by two or more tortfeasors, they may be joint tortfeasors, several tortfeasors causing the same damage or several tortfeasors causing different damage: General Accident Insurance Asia Ltd v Hampton Winter & Glynn (a firm) & Ors [1998] 4 HKC 398; Kwan Man Ling v Chan Pui Shan Patsy & Anor [1998] 4 HKC 695. See also Concurrent tortfeasor; Several concurrent tortfeasors; Tort; Vicarious liability. |
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