(1) A person who deploys another person to perform a task is liable to provide compensation for the damage that the other unlawfully inflicts on a third party when carrying out the task. Liability in damages does not apply if the principal exercises the care required in business dealings when selecting the person deployed and, to the extent that they are to procure devices or equipment or to manage the business activity, in such procurement or management, or if the damage would have occurred even if this care had been exercised.
(2) The same responsibility is incumbent a person who assumes the performance of one of the transactions specified in subsection (1) sentence 2 for the principal by contract.