[WalterBright]

Exactly what I was talking about:

"The prevailing atmosphere is it's never the injured person who is at fault, it's always somebody nearby who has money."

And the reason for this is money. You can't sue an employee for $200 million, because he doesn't have $200 million. So let's make the employer, who has $200 million, liable, even though the employer was not negligent and did not cause the accident.

This isn't justice.

Thank you, though, I did not know there was a specific term for this. "Vicarious" liability, indeed.