Sentence examples for liability for inflicting from inspiring English sources

Shattering hopes that an expanded Democratic congressional majority and a new Democratic administration might lead to a more moderate foreign policy, the resolutions put forward an extreme reinterpretation of international humanitarian law, apparently designed to exonerate nations with superior firepower from any liability for inflicting large-scale civilian casualties.

On October 7, 2010, I posted a commentary regarding Snyder v. Phelps, a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court in which the key question, as outlined by the court, is "Does the First Amendment protect protesters at a funeral from liability for intentionally inflicting emotional distress on the family of the deceased?"...the Snyders announced their son's funeral in the local paper.

To grant them such immunity would be to create a privileged class, free from liability for wrongs inflicted or injuries thereatened.

The inquiry involves a weighing of the relationship of the parties, the nature of the risk, and the public interest in the proposed solution". See also Portee v. Jaffee, 84 N.J. 88, 101, 417 A.2d 521980980) (whether liability for negligently inflicted emotional harm should be expanded depends "ultimately" on balancing of conflicting interests involved).

Nicholas D. Kristof apologizes for "inflicting these horrific photos" on the reader.

The New Jersey prisoner, however, would apparently be blocked by a state statute that shields officials from liability for any injuries inflicted by one prisoner upon another.

Making matters worse, lawmakers have granted the gun industry near-blanket protection from liability for the damage inflicted with their weapons, unlike other companies that make or sell deadly products.

Although pain and suffering technically are mental harms, these terms traditionally "have been used to describe sensations stemming directly from a physical injury or condition". Pearson, Liability to Bystanders for Negligently Inflicted Emotional Harm--A Comment on the Nature of Arbitrary Rules, 34 U. Fla .L. Rev. 477, 485, n. 45 (1982).

4 See Pearson, Liability to Bystanders for Negligently Inflicted Emotional Harm--A Comment on the Nature of Arbitrary Rules, 34 U. Fla .L. Rev. 477, 507 (1982) ("The geographic risk of physical impact caused by the defendant's negligence in most cases is quite limited, which accordingly limits the number of people subjected to that risk. There is no similar finite range of risk for emotional harm").

Apart from the Da Nang cleanup, the United States has declined to acknowledge liability for the illnesses and other health effects Agent Orange has inflicted on the Vietnamese since the war ended.

Liability coverage essentially pays for any harm a driver inflicts on other people; bodily injury liability, for example, pays for the medical costs, lost wages and pain suffered by the other driver and any passengers, while property damage basically covers the dings and dents to the other car.