fellow servant doctrine

fellow servant doctrine
The common-law rule which absolves an employer from liability to one engaged in his employment for injuries incurred or suffered solely as the result of the negligence, carelessness, or misconduct of others who are in the service of the employer and who are engaged in the same common or general employment as the injured employee. 35 Am J1st M & S § 334.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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