You have states declining to put up road-hazard signs because the signs prove they knew the hazard was there, which could render them liable for damages.
Since failure in his duty of care may render him liable for damage sustained by the opinion recipient, an opinion giver must know what level of care is required of him.
Justice BRENNAN, joined by Justice MARSHALL, Justice BLACKMUN, and Justice STEVENS, concluded in Part III that Congress has the authority to render States liable for money damages in federal court when legislating pursuant to the Commerce Clause.
The Court now adopts a per se rule that a union's breach of its duty of fair representation can never render it liable for punitive damages, no matter how egregious its breach may be.
1613, clearly renders States liable for money damages in private suits.
On remand, the Court of Appeals held that the language of CERCLA, as amended, clearly rendered States liable for monetary damages and that Congress had the power to do so when legislating pursuant to the Commerce Clause.
What would you understand if I told you, my client, are using a device that renders you liable for a lawsuit you can't win because the design and operation of the device is such that res ipsa loquitor?
The judge, however, ruled that Mr. Tenenbaum's infringement of copyright was incontrovertible, and the jury found it to be willful — a finding that under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, as amended in 1999, rendered him liable for a fine of up to $150,000 per song.
However, after this Court vacated that decision and remanded for reconsideration in light of subsequent amendments to CERCLA made by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), the Court of Appeals held that the statute's amended language clearly rendered States liable for monetary damages and that Congress had the power to do so under the Commerce Clause.
Britain insisted that only formal naturalization could render a man liable for conscription.
In that case, Chancellor Allen held that "a director's obligation includes a duty to attempt in good faith to assure that a corporate information and reporting system, which the board concludes is adequate, exists, and that failure to do so under some circumstances may, in theory at least, render a director liable for losses caused by noncompliance with applicable legal standards".
