Sentence examples for liability ceiling from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Schumer inserted language in the bill that would deny Mr. Silverstein the $1 billion liability ceiling if he does not use his insurance money exclusively for rebuilding.

The lawmakers who said that the industry was bluffing today believe that the cigarette manufacturers will agree to a deal in the long run because the annual ceiling on liability is so important to their future.

At the time, investors cheered the news as the company's attempt to set a ceiling for its liability surrounding the medicine.

The Democrats hope to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by $1.50 over two years and to raise or even eliminate the proposed $6.5 billion annual ceiling on the industry's civil liability.

With that reckoned against liabilities, we'd be well below the debt ceiling.

Investors cheered the news, though, as stock analysts said the action by the Federal Drug Administration was better than expected and the $2.1 billion charge set a likely ceiling on the company's legal liabilities.

LIABILITY -- State lawsuits would be settled, and an annual ceiling of $6.5 billion would be set on private legal claims.

He has a high ceiling, but he can also be a liability.

But the agreement came at a price: the common liability of Virginia, the most powerful state, was limited by a ceiling.

In addition, a rapidly growing number of companies are formed as limited liability corporations akin to partnerships, which are not subject to the $5,000 ceiling.

They would not be subject to the debt ceiling, and could enable the Fed to spread its liabilities across a much larger universe of counterparties (eg, money-market mutual funds) than just the primary dealers.