The premises
liability suit did arise out of plaintiff's tenancy so as to justify a fee award.
Not exact matches
Much of the focus in due diligence is on the costs of remediation and future environmental
liabilities because one thing those firms don't like is uncertainties around unexpected law
suits or big clean - up bills popping up in the future.
An LLC (limited
liability corporation) designation helps a little, because then only the company's assets can be considered fair game in the
suit, but if you don't have an LLC, your personal assets will also be taken.
If a new report truly is a false statement of fact that causes harm to someone's reputation, and if the news reporter has no actual factual basis for the factual claim, the First Amendment
does permit the courts to impose both civil and criminal
liability for the false statements, with civil
suits brought by someone who is harmed and criminal
liability enforced by the government.
«You
do see all the way up to, unfortunately,
liability suits for death,» says McCool.
The company can also settle for policy limits and their job is
done and they are removed from
liability for the
suit, so it's important to make sure you have enough coverage.
Homeowners insurance doesn't really «cover» slip and fall accidents - it will step in to cover the cost of a legal defense and / or eventual payout should a slip and fall
suit, or any
liability suit, be brought against you.
The «Monsanto Protection Act»
does what it sounds like - it protects the agribusiness giant from any legal
liability arising from
suits filed concerning any health risks arising after their genetically modified seeds are used.
If it is so cheap, why
does congress have to exempt them from
liability suits?
[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.]
Pulling back rulemaking at the Department of Justice
does not stop any of the private
suits, nor
does it curtail the wide - open scope of
liability under the perceived precedent of the Winn - Dixie case [Minh Vu, Seyfarth Shaw]
In a product
liability suit, a plaintiff
does not necessarily need to show negligence by the manufacturer or seller.
However,
doing so may require following a few extra procedures in addition to the basic steps one might take in a premises
liability suit between two private individuals.
The FTCA
does not bar
suits for breach of contract,
does not bar
suits for injunctive or declaratory relief, and
does not bar
suits against government employees for money damages for intentionally violating someone's civil rights (even though some union contract indemnify and defend government employees for civil rights violations, in practice, converting tort
liability of an individual into contractual
liability of the United States government).
Back in 1990, Ian Frazier
did a brilliant take for the New Yorker on product
liability law
suits when he wrote a «claim» in the matter of:
Liability is rarely an issue in cases against John
Doe defendants and in any regard, must be litigated in the first
suit against the John
Doe, if at all.
That is an expensive risk exposure that is almost always excluded from your general
liability insurance policy, since the
suit does not belong to you or your business.
Did you know that renters insurance can also protect you against
liability suits?
Why
does the insurance carrier paying a
liability claim depend on the carrier providing a defense to the claim or
suit?
The protection it offers is easily worth the few hundred dollars a year that it costs, because most renters
do not have the financial means to cover the costs of replacing all of their property or responding to a
liability suit.