Crown never manufactured, sold or installed an asbestos-containing product, so how can it be held liable?
It was the first time a company had been held liable for sex discrimination in promotion.
Nor can telephone companies and Internet service providers be held liable for messages transmitted over their lines.
For example, will companies be held liable for social content generated by independent users of their sites?
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The church argued it could not be held liable as no formal employment relationship with its clergy existed.
Colm Murphy, and Seamus Daly were all held liable for the bombing in a civil ruling in 2009.
They were ordered to face a retrial after their appeals against being held liable for the bombing were upheld.
And retailers can no longer be held liable for a defective product unless the retailer was actually responsible for it.
Therefore, as the law is currently written, the two vendors in this case couldn't be held liable for deceptive behavior.
In Britain, they can be held liable for the firm's debts if they continue operations while it is technically insolvent.
Stark increases the risk Transocean will be held liable by a jury for some of the costs associated with the spill.
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Also, by supplying the data, manufacturers would not be held liable if a user chose to tweak the chip in unlawful ways.
They have been sued numerous occasions yet never been held liable for giving a credit opinion, no matter how wrong or off base.
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Since 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that advisers cannot be held liable for aiding fraud they did not participate in directly.
Relatives of some of the 29 people killed in the bombing brought civil proceedings in an attempt to have the two men held liable.
In effect directors may end up being held liable for decisions simply because they are wrong, rather than because they acted in bad faith.
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Publicizing private facts about people is a tort, she says, and companies can be held liable even if the victim hasn't suffered a monetary loss.
The seller shall be held liable under Article 3 where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within two years as from delivery of the goods.
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To be sure, New York's anti-bullying legislation says that employers may not be held liable if they take steps to prevent or promptly correct abusive behavior.
They hope to persuade online sellers to sign up in exchange for guarantees that they won't be held liable for not collecting taxes on previous sales.
Internet cafes and other businesses that provide internet access will be responsible for the sites their customers visit, and foreign businesses can also be held liable.
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With all the guns registered, owners could be held liable if their guns turn up at a crime scene and they failed to report them as stolen.
At issue is whether a generic drug maker can be held liable for a design flaw if it failed to withdraw an allegedly harmful medicine from the market.
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The Opinion does not tell us what relief was ultimately granted to the Trustee, but only that the Wife and the Offshore Trust were held liable for the fraudulent transfers.
For example, the owner of a badly-lit car park should not be held liable for a rape that occurred there, even if he could reasonably have foreseen such an incident.
However, if the licensors participate substantially in the design, manufacture, or distribution of such products, they can be held liable for defects in the products as if they were the manufacturer.
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Stoneridge investors had argued that Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta should be held liable in a complex "scheme to defraud" investors because of an agreement they had with Charter Communications, a cable company.
She suggested that the problem would be alleviated if people were told "clearly" that they will not be held liable if they grit a pavement and somebody falls over on it.
He said that while he was disappointed in the finding against the archdiocese, he was relieved the schools were not held liable, saying that would have proven a financial hardship for them.
Two other men held liable in the initial landmark ruling in 2009, convicted Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt and fellow dissident republican Liam Campbell, failed to have the findings against them overturned.
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