Sentences with phrase «sue under a theory»
As far as could you be liable for writing it... under our legal system you can be sued under a theory of negligence for just about any action someone thinks was unsafe or causes injury.
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The judge also agreed Moskow and Galatis could sue Petland on a theory of unjust enrichment, and Moskow could proceed with a claim against Petland under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices.
The driver of the truck may be sued under the general theory of negligence for driving in a way that put the public at risk.
If you have been injured in an Atlanta auto accident caused by a drunk driver, you may be able to sue the driver under the legal theory of negligence.
In addition to the MCPA, a plaintiff may choose to sue a dealer under theories of breach of contract, breach of warranty, or fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation.
In theory, this could mean that under a scenario in which the police falsely arrest you, you resist, and they then severely beat you, if they could show that the beating was the result of your resisting, not the false arrest, you could be barred from suing for anything other than the cost of treating your injuries.
The plaintiff sued the church under a premises liability theory.
She sued the defendant under theories of negligent activity and premises liability.
While in most cases the hospital and / or doctor will be sued under an agency or respondeat superior theory for the negligent acts of a nurse, in some cases, the nurse will be named separately in the suit.
«In this case of first impression, the majority holds that a wife who sues her husband claiming that he negligently infected her with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not limited to a theory that he did so knowing he was HIV positive but that liability also extends «to those situations where the actor, under the totality of circumstances, has reason to know of the infection.»»
The answer to «who are they going to sue» is always the same, no matter what the suit is about: They will sue everyone with any connection to the loss, under the theory that you might be found liable and if not they can always drop you from the suit later.
The issue was whether a man could sue for retaliation as an aggrieved person under Title VII on the theory that he was fired in retaliation for a sex harassment claim brought by his fiancee.