The phrase "a liability to him" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that poses a risk or disadvantage to a person.
Example: "His reckless behavior has become a liability to him in his career, causing him to lose several important opportunities."
Alternatives: "a burden to him" or "a disadvantage for him".
Walter became dissatisfied with his third wife, Elizabeth, after her father became a political liability to him, and Walter detained her in one of the castle towers for several years.
He says that when he finally decided to leave the church, in 2007, he told an official that the church was in a condition of Liability to him.
"But you can't attribute criminal liability to him, much less murder, because there was a sudden, spontaneous event and he's there trying to break it up".
When he writes fiction, every sentence is a special sort of agony, he told me, and while the welter of distractions on the Internet is a liability to many authors, Twitter settles him.
Hock's performances in last autumn's Tri-Nations series against Wales and France were mixed at best, but the former Wigan forward has shown in a single season with Widnes that he retains the combination of power and skill to damage any defence – in addition to the occasional indiscipline that can make him a liability to his own team.
While left-leaning Silicon Valley might balk, his deep Republican establishment ties remain more of an asset than a liability to Facebook and have allowed him to serve effectively in his role for more than 10 years at the company.
That's partly because a defeat for Mr Bush will increase Mr Blair's sense of electoral insecurity and give ammunition to those who see him as a liability to his party.
Some in the room that day believed all this made him too great a liability to be associated with such a high profile event.
It makes him more of a liability to members of his own party".
