Moreover, while most of the original claims were filed under product-liability clauses, where liabilities are capped, the later claims are being filed under general work-environment clauses, which impose no limit on awards.

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By 1993 the Greek government's liabilities had reached a crippling 110% of the nation's gross domestic product.

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