Sentence examples for defendant liable from inspiring English sources

Our initial, instinctive reaction to this rather outlandish hypothetical is to want to hold the negligent defendant liable.

But a jury is not required to be entirely consistent in its decisions, so it can find one defendant liable while absolving another.

Rather, at least willful blindness (a lower standard than actual knowledgge) of ongoing infringement was needed to find the defendant liable.

"I think the fact they found one defendant liable for $1 sends a clear message that the state acted properly, and that these plaintiffs were not entitled to any real damages based on a technical mistake".

In practice, any apportionment of fault of 51percentt or more has the same outcome -- making the defendant liable for 100percentt of damages that may be awarded in connection with the 1993 bombing.

A lower court decided he should have €750m: big bucks, even by Mr Berlusconi's standards.A clause tucked into the 100-odd pages of the emergency budget offered him some respite by letting any defendant liable to pay compensation of more than €20m suspend payment until completing Italy's two-stage appeal procedure.

Some make defendants liable for a given sum should they fail to appear but do not collect it up front.

The jury found Mr. Gundlach and three co-defendants liable for breaching their fiduciary duty to Trust Company, known as TCW, not their fiduciary duty to investors.

After a four-month trial, which concluded on February 22, 2006, a jury found defendant manufacturers, NL Industries, Inc. (formerly National Lead Co). (NL), The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Sherwin-Williams), and Millennium Holdings LLC (Millennium) (collectively defendants), liable under a public nuisance theory.

A jury found all defendants liable and awarded Emma McDougald a total of $9,650,102 in damages, including $1,000,000 for conscious pain and suffering and a separate award of $3,500,000 for loss of the pleasures and pursuits of life.

The plaintiffs "presented facts, which, if accepted by a jury, could warrant finding defendants liable" for Chevron Nigeria's actions because the Nigerian unit was acting as an arm of ChevronTexaco, Judge Illston said in a ruling yesterday.