Sentence examples for a liability case from inspiring English sources

Under the new law, however, the building is presumed to be the source of the poisoning both for purposes of issuing a violation and for use at trial if a liability case is filed against the owner.

But how do you structure a liability case when the entire world takes part in the carbon economy?

In this first-in-the-nation case, the judge ruled it was reasonable for the sender of a text message to assume it is the recipient's responsibility to know if it is safe to respond: "Were I to extend this duty to this case, in my judgment, any form of distraction could potentially serve as the basis for a liability case".

"This is a product liability case that in a Western country would turn into a class-action lawsuit," Professor Zhang said.

A Texas law firm faked evidence and tried to bribe witnesses in a products liability case, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday in San Antonio by the DaimlerChrysler Corporation.

It was the first time a jury awarded punitive damages in a tobacco liability case.

The lawsuit, the first of its kind to be tried in the United States, is set up as a product liability case against Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Lorillard, a subsidiary of the Loews Corporation, and Brown & Williamson, a United States holding of British American Tobacco.

"We are bringing a product liability case – under the terms of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 – on the grounds that the affected machines are allegedly defective," he said.

Recently, for example, he defended Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, in a product liability case that was settled three weeks into the trial.

Gary Bagin, a spokesman for Jury Verdict Research, an organization that maintains a nationwide database of verdicts and settlements, said he believed that the award was the largest in a product liability case in New Jersey.

The lawsuit, essentially structured as a product liability case with medical monitoring as the proposed remedy for wronged consumers, was the first of its kind to be tried in the United States.