The person subject to liability shall bear the burden of proving any such possession or transit.
Since someone facing strict liability will bear the costs of his conduct whether or not he is at fault, one might think that a potential defendant under a regime of strict liability will have no incentive to invest in precautions.
AB 265, which was based on an idea from Glendale City Councilmember Laura Friedman, reduces the liability cities bear when building dog parks.
This point was reinforced by the Indian Ministry of Law and Justice, which found that any legal liability must be borne by Dow.
The scale of the net liability to be borne by the public purse will depend crucially on British Energy's performance in future years," the audit office chief says.
That's a small cap name, but imagine the potential legal liability to be borne by the owners of ExxonMobil XOM, whose own senior scientist, James Black, knew in 1977 that the climate was being influenced by the burning of hydrocarbon fuels.
Bringing all their liabilities to bear in an 87-81 loss to Alonzo Mourning, Mashburn and Riley's foot soldiers, the Knicks were simply beaten to the basketball by a more determined team.
So if these future tax liabilities are to be borne only by the $250k-and-up club, their taxes would have to go up 12 percentage points.
Under the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, governments bear liability for "objects" launched into space.
The Enron prosecutors have a morass of partnerships, investors and financial insiders to untangle before they can reach a final determination on who might bear liability for any crimes that may have occurred.
