The $7 billion price tag, which includes an initial payment of $500 million when Delphi comes out of bankruptcy and annual labor-related payments, came in at the high end of the $6 billion to $7.5 billion liability range the company had predicted.
The company has tried to prepare for future claims by taking charges against profits totaling $765 million, but its estimate of future liability ranges from $700 million to $1.4 billion, over the next six years.
The memo explains that as C.A.I. had been doing this for years, Mortenson "could face a total liability ranging from $7,868,746.31 … to $23,606,238.62".
The laws and liabilities involved range from aviation to privacy issues, but also trespass, harassment and data protection, with many drones carrying digital cameras.
While Block assured shareholders that management had no concerns, a position Ms. McDougall reiterated in an interview, a federal judge earlier this year said that in Texas alone Block faced a liability that ranged from zero to $2 billion.
When the covariates model was extended by adding genetic effects connected by the pedigree, the predicted genetic effects (u ^ i ) in the liability scale ranged between −0.5 and 1.37.
Lawmakers file financial reports annually, listing the value of their assets and liabilities within a range rather than using exact amounts.
The company listed both assets and liabilities in the range of $10 billion to $50 billion, according to a court filing. .
It might also have to honour guarantees it made in the event that Delphi ever came under "financial distress"—that presumably encompasses bankruptcy.Estimates of GM's potential liability to Delphi range from $1.5 billion to $11 billion.
While not denying that torture took place, the Foreign Office insists that the UK government retains no residual liability, deploying a range of constitutional precedents – including reference to the declaration of martial law in Jamaica in 1860 – to block the survivors' quest for compensation.
