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The claimants argued that their good faith was irrelevant because their conduct was intentional — the receivers were liable in economic tort for interference with contracts as long as they had acted voluntarily.

Not exact matches

The Appellate Court addressed the common comparison between home inspectors and doctors, lawyers, and other licensed professionals this way: «So too, certain professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants have been found liable under both tort and contract theories for economic losses causes by misrepresentations during contractual relationships.

Acting for a company in the CIS in claims against an international metals and mining conglomerate for breach of contract and economic torts in relation to the operation of a mining complex in the CIS.

As previously noted, the conduct that gives rise to a claim for interference with contractual relations or prospective economic advantage may be independently actionable under other tort theories.

The right to sue for damages for pain and suffering and for economic loss was substantially restricted with the obvious result that there was a substantial decline in tort litigation.

A court recently found me responsible for a conspiracy to commit assault, interference with contracts, economic loss, trespass and other torts because of guilt by association.

When money or property is withheld for some time period, there will also often be an element of pre-judgment interest that is calculated on top of the economic value of the harm as of the time of the breach, often at a statutory rate, although the law of pre-judgment interest varies quite a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and is often allowed in contract lawsuits, but not in tort lawsuits.

The court held that because the plaintiff did not claim economic damage for the loss of the shirt, the breach of warranty claims were based in tort, and were therefore part of the products liability claim under the Indiana Products Liability Act (IPLA).

«I don't suggest expanding the scope of tort law (ie — compensation to victims struck by lightening, or compensation for pure economic loss etc.) I simply suggest that those who the law says ought to be compensated actually be compensated.»

When the majority sued to recover this loss, the main question was whether the dissenting family member and his company were liable for what the trial judge referred to as the tort of unlawful interference with economic relations.

• Lords Sumption and Lloyd - Jones provide an illuminating overview of the economic torts in general and the rationale for the unlawful means conspiracy tort in particular.

We have handled a variety of construction related lawsuits, including construction defect claims, breach of contract claims, indemnity disputes, additional insured issues, job site accidents and other tort claims seeking damages for personal injuries, wrongful death, property damage, economic loss and project delays.

They wrote that the tort system provides deterrence of non cost - justified accidents, and creates economic incentives for «allocation of resources to safety.»

One might go all the way back to the 1980s when Richard Posner and William Landes supplied a pretty clear free - market economic rationale for the tort system in their book, The Economic Structure of Teconomic rationale for the tort system in their book, The Economic Structure of Tort tort system in their book, The Economic Structure of TEconomic Structure of Tort Tort Law.

The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) and the US Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform released a joint report today entitled, «Trial lawyer Underground: Covertly Lobbying the Executive Branch», a report documenting a nearly seven - year expansion of civil liability at the expense of investment, innovation and economic competitiveness.

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Ronnie has experience of acting for claimants and defendants in a broad range of commercial disputes, including claims for breach of contract and directors» duties, economic torts, misuse of confidential information and breach of restrictive covenants.

7 Over time, liability was expanded to situations where a defendant's conduct was not prima facie «tortious» in the traditional sense (i.e., the conduct would not support an independent basis of tort liability, such as for defamation or copyright infringement), but it nevertheless resulted in economic harm to a plaintiff.

Against this background Lord Hoffmann thought it would be «an extraordinary step suddenly to extend the old tort of conversion to impose strict liability for pure economic loss on receivers who were appointed and acted in good faith».

British Columbia, for example, uses a tort model with some no - fault accident benefits; Saskatchewan offers consumers a choice between no - fault and tort policies; Manitoba uses a no - fault model with the option to sue for economic damages in excess of no - fault benefits; and Québec uses a pure no - fault model with no option to sue.