Microsoft should not have been found liable for attempting to monopolize the browser market, the court said.
While he was found not guilty of the murders, Simpson was found liable in a civil trial.
If AEG Live is found liable, it could cost the company several billion dollars, according to estimates of Jackson's income potential.
After all this is settled, and assuming the NFL is found liable, we'll have to wade into another issue: How much, and under what formula, should the victims be compensated?
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In the first of over 7, 000 Vioxx-related lawsuits to come to court, Merck was found liable in August for the death of a Texas man who had taken the drug.
Republicans have generally regarded federal courts as more friendly when it comes to medically related lawsuits, arguing that state courts often dole out more generous cash awards if the insurance provider is found liable.
The court stated a new legal standard for a "tying claim" and remanded the issue to the district court for reconsideration of whether Microsoft should be found liable for "tying" its Internet Explorer to Windows.
If AEG is found liable, the company's lawyers want the judge to tell the jury to reduce any damages by the amount Jackson's estate earned from the documentary made from video the company shot of his rehearsals.
In the U.S., there have been a handful of cases in which the National Weather Service or meteorologists have been sued for inaccurate forecasts, but none have been found liable in those cases, according to Mike Smith, a meteorologist and senior vice president at AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, a State College, Pa.
In 2002 Arthur Andersen was found criminally liable for its shredding of documents and other actions linked to its audits of Enron, a collapsed energy giant.
If an executor mismanages estate funds and this results in a loss for the beneficiaries, the executor can be found personally liable, so it is important to know that a person named as an executor does have the right to refuse the position.
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If Apple is found to be liable, the company could face claims for damages in separate proceedings from a group of states that joined the Justice Department in the 2012 antitrust suit.
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The sole FINRA Arbitrator hearing this matter found Respondent Wachovia liable on the claims of negligence, negligent supervision, fraud and breach of contract (no finding of liability on breach of fiduciary duty).
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The jury also found the building owners liable for failing to repair the elevator after being warned it might be dangerous.
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However, the federal court of appeals based in New York rejected that contention and found YouTube might be liable under either a red flag knowledge theory or based on its willful blindness.
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It found he had been "liable to bring the profession into disrepute in regard to some of the accusations against him".
Search engines can be liable if they are found to be profiting from illegal activity.
Mr Simpson himself, who was found not guilty of murder but liable for two deaths in a later civil trial, has often been a more ambiguous figure.
One way to address this issue, therefore, is to force student-athletes to sign a contract which will hold them financially liable if they are found guilty of accepting illegal benefits.
For example, licensors may be liable if they are found to have exerted substantial control over the manufacturer, or materially contributed to, facilitated, induced, or were directly responsible for the defective products by providing detailed specifications, manufacturing or design standards or otherwise.
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"We found no reason why Mr Al Fahim would be liable to be disqualified as a director of a Premier League club, " read a statement.
In his ruling, Mr Justice McCombe emphasised that he had not found there was systematic torture in the Kenyan camps nor that, if there was, the UK government was liable for what happened.
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