Attendees also discussed how to develop international nuclear intervention teams and possible modifications to existing international conventions, including those concerning liability.
Our results suggest that greater attention should be given to the assumptions concerning liability distributions in genetic analyses of disease data, as disease risk and prevalence depend strongly on the shape of the distributions.
Accordingly, those who have serious concerns about liability might want to opt for a Limited Liability Company, a business structure that provides benefits similar to those of an F.L.P. while limiting the liability of members to their actual investment.
But such cooperation could still be stalled by concerns over liability.
The doctors also expressed concerns about liability if they were to give the vaccine.
Skate parks, once closed because of concerns over liability, are now opening again.
Those who have worked on the issue say the American government has been slow to address the issue in part because of concerns about liability.
Indeed, concerns about liability mean better-trained lifeguards than in decades past, said Mr. Beckner of the recreation and parks association, adding to the cost of running pools.
But the report said that because of concerns about liability, hospitals, physician groups and H.M.O.'s "are reluctant to share information about the performance of individual practitioners".
While the arming of merchant vessels was commonplace for centuries, it faded in recent decades because of ship owners' concerns about liability and the safety of their sailors.
