In addition, you could spend $ 30,000 of your own
money defending yourself against that suit.
Not exact matches
Now, the law department needs more
money to hire an outside lawyer to
defend Antonacci
against an upcoming civil rights
suit.
But even if you can prove that you weren't responsible, it still costs you a ton of
money to
defend against the
suit.
Now, you might think it's worth getting sued over that particular issue because it's very important to you, but that doesn't change the fact that it will cost you a great deal of
money to
defend against the
suit and it will also cost you a great deal of
money to pay for the loss if your negligence is found to be the cause.
National Review is asking for
money to
defend itself
against a libel law
suit filed by Professor Michael Mann for defaming him by accusing him of academic fraud.
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).
They can't reasonably be expected to
defend you
against a
suit that they're not aware of, of course, nor to reimburse you for
money you spent on a defense that they weren't aware was necessary or which might have been conducted with a different attorney or in a different way.
This saves you not only
money, but also aggravation of dealing with
defending against a frivolous
suit.
Now, you might think it's worth getting sued over that particular issue because it's very important to you, but that doesn't change the fact that it will cost you a great deal of
money to
defend against the
suit and it will also cost you a great deal of
money to pay for the loss if your negligence is found to be the cause.