Sentence examples for liable because of from inspiring English sources

The city is potentially liable because of the police department's involvement in bringing proceedings against the students.

But the group was not found liable because of insufficient evidence.

The court found neither crew was negligent for a failure to see and avoid each other, but held the United States was liable because of other negligence.

Mr. Spitzer might also be liable legally because of how he paid for the club's services.

The company, Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas, was ordered to pay treble damages, or triple the $7.5 million that a jury said in 2007 the company was liable for, because of the false royalty claims it submitted to the federal government.

Top executives are potentially liable because a senior official of each company — the chief executive, chief financial officer or chief compliance officer — must attest to the accuracy of each report.

The widow, Jeanette Meyran, charged that illegal partitions in the building blocked access to a fire escape, and that the Fire Department was liable because at the time of the fire it was no longer supplying firefighters with safety ropes that might have saved the life of her husband, Lt. Curtis W. Meyran.

His defense theory, reported widely at the time, was that the diocese was not liable because diocesan priests were not employees of the diocese but private contractors.

In papers recently filed in the lawsuit, the university argued that it should not be held liable because Mr. Champion understood the dangers of hazing and still participated in the ritual.

The court there held that the DVR service provider Cablevision wasn't liable because its DVR users took all of the legally significant actions.

The court also addressed the issue of liability, finding that the bank was not liable, because Vinson had failed to notify bank officials of the alleged misconduct.