different department rule

different-department rule. A doctrine holding that people who work for the same employer are not fellow servants if they do not do the same work or do not work in the same department. • This rule, which creates an exception to the fellow-servant doctrine, has been rejected by many jurisdictions. See FELLOW-SERVANT DOCTRINE E; fellow servant under SERVANT.

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