Even the most eminent proved liable to diagnostic error.
This reads very much as if an attempt is being made to lay the groundwork for claims against new classes of defendants who might not be proved liable in an individual case but are responsible in a "statistical" sense.
The casemate mountings of heavier guns proved problematic; being low in the hull, they proved liable to flooding, and on several classes some were removed and plated over.
And there's also the more serious danger of an accident, where texting could not only prove you liable, but also dead.
But if willful negligence is proved, it is liable also to penal provisions of a 1953 law.
The essay continues: "It would have been tough to prove Goldman legally liable for any shareholder losses, yet the bank chose to fold rather than fight".
Under previous Supreme Court decisions, plaintiffs claiming racial or sexual harassment faced a lower burden to prove an employer liable when the harassment was committed by a supervisor rather than a co-worker.
But Judge Joanna Seybert, of Federal District Court in Central Islip, ruled today that there was not enough evidence to prove the county liable for the shooting, said Paul F. Millus, a lawyer for the county.
Not only are such predictions liable to be proven incorrect, they can also come across as patronising: this is the future, they imply, because that's what a bunch of scientists have decided.
If proven, the streamer would be liable for actual damages to the victim caused by the streamer's lies, such as the loss of a job, sponsorships, customers or viewers, or clients.
The Obama administration has added further protections to DOJ decision-making by arguing in another case this year that prosecutors shouldn't be held liable even if proven to have intentionally framed suspects.
