Sentences with phrase «immunity from liability for»

Not only would both bills eviscerate the immunity from liability for user - generated content that Internet intermediaries have under Section 230, the bills would also amend the federal criminal sex trafficking statute to sweep in companies who may not even be aware of what their users are doing.

Unlike in the US, the host's immunity from liability for infringement does not depend on taking down the offending content.

Is there in fact explicit legal immunity from any liability for this practice?

Provided immunity from liability for volunteer health care professionals at nonprofit health care facilities.

DHS and the state and any other plausible defendants all have sovereign immunity from all liability for the kinds of conduct that you describe.

For example, there is generally near complete immunity from liability for insults or statements of opinion.

Some districts also enjoy immunity from liability for negligence causing personal injury.

The statute provides immunity from liability for civil damages resulting from any act of omission to a volunteer who authorizes a youth athlete to return to play, except in circumstances of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

N.J.S.A. 18A: 40 - 41.5 (2010) provides immunity from liability for school districts for the death or injury of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by or under contract with a youth sports team, provided there is an insurance policy of not less than $ 50,000 per person per incident, and a statement of compliance with the school district or nonpublic school's policies for the management of concussions and other head injuries.

A volunteer authorizing a young athlete to return to participation has immunity from liability for civil damages, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

The policy provides immunity from liability for those evaluating a student athlete during practice or an athletic competition, other than in acts or omission constituting gross negligence or wilful, wanton misconduct.

The statute provides immunity from liability for civil damages for volunteers assisting with extracurricular activities, except when the act or omission is willfully or wantonly negligent.

This legislation effectively gives ISPs and other internet intermediaries virtual blanket immunity from liability for anything published on their networks or sites, (although there is an exception in the legislation for intellectual property infringements).

Not exact matches

But the Supreme Court has directed the lower federal courts to apply qualified immunity broadly, to protect from civil liability for damages all officers except «the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.»»

When the judges ruled that the school officer's actions were protected under qualified immunity, which shields public officials from liability for civil damages, Gorsuch issued a colorful dissent arguing that the student should have been able to sue the officer for using excessive force.

Another option would be to revisit Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law that provides immunity from liability to online platforms for content generated by its users.

It provides for immunity from civil liability for a school district and its employees.

The statute also provides immunity from civil liability for a health care provider who is a volunteer and provides clearance to participate, except in cases of gross negligence or wanton or willful neglect.

The statute provides immunity from liability of civil damages resulting from an act or omission in the rendering of an evaluation for a licensed health care provider acting as a volunteer who in good faith authorizes a student athlete to return to play.

It also provides for immunity from civil liability for the use of an automated external defibrillator unless the person was grossly negligent in the use.

The law provides immunity from civil liability for any injury resulting from that omission unless it constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

The upshot of that thread is a small number officials (mostly the President, legislators, judges and district attorneys) have absolutely immunity from civil or criminal liability for certain kinds of discretionary official acts.

Additionally, prescribers should be immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for prescribing, dispensing, or distributing naloxone, and laypersons should be ensured immunity for possessing or administering it.

Judge Carlos Lucero, in a partial dissent, argued against such immunity: «The notion that a device manufacturer is immune from liability for harm caused by its device when the manufacturer has pushed the device for a use that the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] never approved is neither logical nor consistent with the Supreme Court's prior rulings about the scope of preemption of claims arising from harm caused by medical devices.»

Key factors the study looked at in assigning grades were whether state law mandates the appointment of attorneys for children in dependency proceedings; whether these attorneys represent the children in a client - directed manner; whether the representation continues throughout the case, including appeal; whether states provide attorneys with specialized training; whether the child is given the legal status of a party to the proceedings; and whether rules pertaining to confidentiality and immunity from liability apply to attorneys representing these children.

[Where state trooper took affirmative action of allowing police dog to be off leash, there is no immunity from suit; actions for personal injury caused by police dog will be analyzed under the dog bite common law, whether the owner of the dog knew or should have known of the dog's vicious propensities, as the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act does not permit actions under strict liability.]

Other immunities may still apply, however: such as a city or county being immune from liability for the intentional bad acts of its officers or agents.

First, you need to know that if you're bringing a claim against a governmental entity, it's possible that the city or town has what's called, «immunity», which basically means that it is protected from liability for your injuries.

Police have qualified immunity from civil liability for any act that is not a clearly established violation of a constitutional right.

@Jared Clerk's are immune from liability for their conduct of their document processing duties (a clerk could be liable for, e.g., embezzling funds deposited with the court for which immunity would not apply).

Although Makin referred to immunity in the context of legislative and policy - making functions, the Court of Appeal used the case to conclude that «Protecting administrative tribunals and their members from liability for damages is constitutionally legitimate» (at para 29).

They said «it is now clear that the absolute immunity of its policymakers does not shield a city from liability for its policies.»

If the supervisor responsible for your child's injury was a public - school employee, however, the school and its employee may be immune from liability if the law of your state provides for such immunity.

It does not cover judges from the consequences of crimes they may commit even if committed during the course of their official action; the immunity is for civil liability only.

The statute provides immunity from liability to certain landowners who open up their land for the public's general use.

Although state and municipal bodies are generally immune from liability for torts committed on their behalf, the state code specifically exempts claims related to poorly designed or maintained roadways from the sovereign immunity the government generally maintains.

(c) Any person who, in good faith, relies on a copy of an Authorized Relative Certification shall have the same immunities from criminal and civil liability as those who rely on a power of attorney for health care as provided by Illinois law.

885, 890 (2)(2009)(noting that «arresting a person for conduct occurring in an officer's presence is a discretionary act»), and therefore official immunity shields the officer from liability unless he performed the arrest with «malice or intent to injure,» id.

So it is now clear that the absolute immunity of its policymakers does not shield a city from liability for its policies.

The tenant applies for summary dismissal, arguing it is entitled to immunity from liability pursuant to s. 3 of the Limitations Act, RSA 2000, c L - 12.

To clarify, plea bargaining does not constitute extortion and prosecutors have absolute immunity from criminal or civil liability for their official acts in prosecuting cases.

The function of absolute immunity in the performance of judicial duties is not to shield members of the judiciary from liability for their own misconduct, but rather «to protect their offices from the deterrent effect of suit alleging improper motives where there has been no more than a mistake or a disagreement on the part of the complaining party with the decision made.»

In their decision, a majority of judges found the act, passed in 1982, is «a complete codification of Canadian law» that grants states like Iran or Syria immunity from civil liability in Canada for acts of torture committed abroad.

In some areas of the law, however, the government does not enjoy complete immunity from civil liability for negligence, and this includes roadway maintenance.

Individual members of the board, its executive director, and all staff persons assisting them shall have absolute immunity from civil liability for all acts undertaken in the course of their official duties pursuant to these rules.

Indeed, «absolute immunity» for judges and prosecutors is only immunity from civil liability and not from criminal liability.

Government officials in the United States enjoy broad immunity from personal and criminal liability for «official» actions.

Facebook has claimed that it has immunity against liability for such discrimination under section 230 of the 1996 federal Communications Decency Act, which protects online publishers from liability for third - party content.

immunity Legal protection from civil or criminal liability for individuals making reports in good faith of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect.

Such protections would ensure immunity from liability under the ADA, if there is no unlawful discrimination, and allow the DOJ to focus on developing well - defined website accessibility standards for businesses.