Introduced in the 19th century to finance municipal infrastructure, it still bears the mark of its origins: companies pay tax even on interest payments for long-term debt, meaning that they can be liable even if they make no profit.Predictably, many firms have set up financing subsidiaries abroad.
In Alabama, a state with fetus-endangerment laws on the books, women can even be criminally liable for testing positive for THC and be held on bail as high as $100,000.
For some of the more popular stations, the fees could total $100,000 a year or more, and even smaller stations may be liable for thousands in fees.
Phillippa Kaufmann QC, counsel for Rahmatullah, challenged the government's claim that neither Straw nor Allen could not be liable even in a civil case over the compensation claims.
It is suggested that the statute is so drawn that the railway company would be liable, even if it acted in good faith, and had no reason to believe, after the exercise of the utmost diligence, that the cattle it received for transportation were liable to impart or were capable of communicating the fever named in the statute.
You can be liable even if have no knowledge the IRS is not being paid.
We should tell host countries such as Syria, Iran and Libya that they will be liable, even if they are not directly responsible for that particular deed.
A Sierra Pacific spokesman said the company settled only after a federal judge ruled that it could be liable even if an arsonist had started the fire.
In nuisance, liability is strict in that the defendant can be liable even if he has taken reasonable care, but this is kept "under control" by the principle that a defendant is not liable for actions a reasonable user takes on his land.
