Sentences with phrase «defendant accepted liability»

In today's case (Gee v. Basra) the Plaintiff was injured in a 2011 collision for whcih the Defendant accepted liability.

Not exact matches

Liability for the rail crash meanwhile was admitted by the defendants, who also accepted that the PTSD had been caused by their negligence.

In part one of this blog article, we explained that obtaining insurance from the defendant who caused your accident, confirming that the defendant's insurance company has accepted liability or responsibility for the accident, and the severity of your injury, can all affect how long it takes to resolve your case.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that it accepted review of Stoneridge Investment v. Scientific Atlanta, an 8th Circuit decision where the court held that civil liability for damages does not lie against defendants who merely «aid and abet» securities fraud unless those defendants actually made a mistatement.

The defendant accepted that the claimant constituted the party which had «really won at trial» on the issue of liability.

Courts across Canada have since followed Brown in accepting this argument as a genuine issue for trial, where defendant facilities have attempted to rely on existing waivers or limitation of liability clauses:

[68] I accept the plaintiff's evidence that it was dusk but not dark enough for him to require a flashlight and therefore the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent and the defendants» liability should not be reduced as such.

The offer could have been accepted by any one defendant or the defendants could have apportioned liability amongst themselves.

Primary liability for the accident was accepted on behalf of the defendant, who died as a result of his injuries.

I accept Dr. O'Shaughnessy's opinion that the PTSD was triggered by the accident, and I am satisfied that there is a substantial connection between the injuries Ms. Harmati suffered in this accident and her present symptoms sufficient to impose liability on the Defendants.

[48] In my opinion, Ms. Johal did not state or infer that liability had been accepted by the defendants to the extent that the only remaining issue was the quantum of damages.

The defendant was a wrongdoer, it is true, and should not be allowed to escape liability altogether, but he should not be liable for more than the damage which he caused and, since this is a case in which science can deal only in probabilities, the law should accept that position and attribute liability according to probabilities.

However, after an extensive review of court documents, contract documentation, contemporaneous correspondence, relevant regulations and standards, I was able to determine that my client had in my opinion no liability whatsoever and this was later accepted by all parties in a mediation held shortly afterwards, my client being removed from the list of defendants.