Sentence examples for imposes liability on from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rahim's family sued under the 1991 law, which imposes liability on "an individual" who "subjects an individual to torture" or "subjects an individual to extrajudicial killing".

The legal system, especially in cases involving only money, imposes liability on groups for the actions of individuals all the time.

The law, he said, imposes liability on an H.M.O. for certain negligent acts committed by doctors acting as agents of the health plan.

IMDb also claims it separately violates federal law "because it imposes liability on IMDb based on factual content that is lawfully posted by its users".

"The law surely imposes liability on others besides the literal scrivenor [sic], or we are in big trouble," Kidney shot back in an e-mail.

The majority opinion by Justice Stevens thus created a narrowly defined First Amendment exception to the federal wiretap law, which imposes liability on anyone who discloses the contents of illegally intercepted communications.

It could, for one thing, improve accuracy by imposing liability on lenders for failing to conduct investigations when consumers complain to them.

In the case here, Mr. McNeil of Hooters said it was unfair to impose liability on advertisers.

Moreover, the Belgians, Dutch, and French as well as the British preferred to introduce in their colonies laws imposing liability on employers rather than funded insurance schemes.

A Sandor Krauss, a Manhattan real estate lawyer, says that a previously approved renovation does not necessarily impose liability on the co-op.

Some legal experts expressed concern about the Fifth Circuit opinion, saying there was a danger in imposing liability on law enforcement agents.