{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1566","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Defense for Conduct of Employee","number":"1566","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1566/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 10. - Third Parties In Relation to Contract","section":"Section 2. - Promises and Stipulations Concerning Third Parties","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where a contracting party can derive a defense from the contract against his co-contracting party to shield him from liability for conduct by his employee, the employee may also invoke this defense, as if he were a party to the contract, if he is sued by the co-contracting party on the basis of this conduct.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1566/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":442,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/442/?article=1566&paragraph=lead#article-1566-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}