Questions tagged [liability]
Use this for questions where the award of damages, or its possibility, is involved.
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Accident at Ace Chemical Processing - New Jersey
It is 1988, New Jersey.
In the area commonly known as Gotham, a poor engineer, let's name him John Doe, is forced - under the threat of death and bodily harm on denial - to take part in a small crime ...
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CAN-SPAM Act - Commercial Advertisement or Promotion
CAN SPAM Act requires telling your email recipients where you're located:
Your message must include your valid physical postal address. This can
be your current street address, a post office box you’...
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Can a free website have a terms of service?
I co-own a free website that recently underwent a spam attack. I have considered a terms of service to keep people from abusing the website. However, upon reading sites that inform me how to create ...
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Stochastic legal liability
I am trying to understand how do legal systems handle situation where there is no clear causal responsibility of a person, but a well established stochastic relation. I am aware of the "beyond ...
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Are freelancers liable when products they develop for a client suffer data-breaches?
Supposing this is a freelancer & client in the EU and that a website was reasonably secured when developed.
Imagine there are no written contracts and a year after delivery this client's website ...
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Growing hot chilis in private but accessible garden
I own a few acres of land in a community garden were I plan to grow some of the hottest chilis in the world. The community garden is clearly marked as private property and fenced in. However the gates ...
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What Is the Impact of Liability on Billing for Work Not Done?
First things first, sorry for the uninspiring title. Please edit it if you have a better one for the question!
This question arose from a comment on a related question which I posted. The question ...
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Who is liable if somebody takes a check written to them before the funds are in place to cover it?
This is hypothetical. Suppose I write out a rent check to my landlord, but I don't give it to him. Instead, I leave it on my desk because I still have to deposit funds to cover the check. Unbeknownst ...
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Liability for hyperlinking
Is there any jurisdiction which holds a website liable for policies of another website for hyperlinking to that website.Liability refers to any requirement like tracking number of link clicks or ...
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Product use documentation and company customer service info conflict, which info is the company liable for?
In Canada (Ontario) a customer buys a product manufactured by company A.
One of the components of the product is produced by a third party (company B) and has a label stating the limitations of this ...
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Liability of non-fault driver after impact
I have seen many dash cam videos that show cars impacting then just rolling on without driver input until they roll into something solid.
It seems that after impact some drivers just take their hands ...
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Homeowner's liability for a social guest injured by a danger unknown to the homeowner [closed]
P is a social guest, hence a licensee. A flowerpot fell from the balcony and injured P. Is the homeowner liable to P? Suppose that the homeowner claims that she was not aware of the danger.
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Liability for vaccination required by employer
Suppose a current employee of some company is required by that company to receive a certain vaccination to remain employed. If the employee suffers damages by receiving the vaccine and it can be shown ...
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Are ASMR Creators and Platforms that show Adverts liable for damaging the listener's health?
Over the last few years ASMR has become very popular.
If you don't know what ASMR is, it's video/audio content (popular on Youtube and Twitch) where the host whispers or taps on the microphone, ...
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Is President Trump exposed to civil liability by releasing a (presumably) surreptitiously recorded version of his interview with 60 Minutes? [duplicate]
Here is a version of President Trump's interview with 60 Minutes. Assume President Trump or someone working for President Trump recorded this video with an I-Phone without knowledge by 60 Minutes.
Is ...
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Is Twitter liable for its content?
Twitter has allegedly censored a New York Post story alleging possible corruption by Hunter Biden and, by implication, Joe Biden in overseas business dealings.[1]
Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday said ...
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Open Source liability if I accept donations?
If I have an open source project with the MIT license and I accept donations, does that change my liability?
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Third Party Liability for representations
(I suspect this looks a bit like a homework question. Its not. I have tried to distill the question as much as possible). I'm interested in how this would typically be answered in countries based ...
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Could someone be liable if they intentionally congregate after testing positive for coronavirus?
As I understand it, in most states it's a criminal act to knowingly engage in unprotected sex if you know you have a sexually-transmitted disease and don't inform your partner. If the disease is life-...
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Under what circumstances could laying hacker “traps” cause civil or criminal liability for non-law enforcement civilians?
The answer to If a hacker is infected as a result of their actions, is the victim liable? that explained laying a trap to injure someone could go either way depending on the severity of the injury and ...
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Is an independent contractor liable?
If an independent contractor performs work or provides consulting services to another company, and that company suffers a loss (or deems to suffer a loss) due to the independent contractor, can they ...
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Service Company Charging for Replacement of Asset After Not Collecting Asset Upon Request [closed]
Our company had enlisted the services of a waste management company during construction. We had used their garbage bin, in Feb 2020, and requested them to pick it up as it was full on Feb 17th. They ...
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Liability for felony theft in Massachusetts [closed]
I recently discovered that my recent ex-girlfriend had been stealing money from me. She had stolen my credit card information and used it to purchase Visa Gift Cards on Amazon. This occurred during ...
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How Are LLC Liabilities Prioritized? e.g. Are Bank Loans Paid Before Legal Settlements?
Consider an LLC that owns a rental home worth $700,000 and has bank debt of $500,000. A renter slips, falls, sues, and wins a $300,000 settlement. Is the bank debt senior to the lawsuit, leaving the ...
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Is onetoughnerd.me protected by the 1st Amendment?
I saw a website that appears to be making fun of Rick Snyder, and specifically his handling of the Flint Water Crisis and his Twitter handle. As the following log shows, it redirects to a URL ...
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Why is the manufacturer of a wireless radio device responsible for preventing end-user modifications? [closed]
One of those things that irks me about the FCC regulations is that manufacturers are responsible for preventing, and can apparently be held liable for, end-user modifications to wireless radio devices ...
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What is the exact meaning of this Article about loss of liability limitation?
The Article below comes from a Convention. I am confused about the exact meaning of its last part:
A person liable shall not be entitled to limit his liability if it is proved that the loss resulted ...
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When can you file a lawsuit against a “parody” website?
Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to make a website about 4 different lawyers and 2 different firms and promote it as a parody website using elements of breaking bad, better call saul, etc.
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Stolen code in a GPL repo
Quite an odd thing has happened. A software author as released a repo under GPL 3.0 license
But inside that repo is code that the author doesn't own in any way and has no license. Now when people fork ...
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Does a work reference have liability?
Similar to What is the liability of a person who signs as a witness? does a reference for a candidate employee have liability for what they say about the candidate?
I've seen some companies ask ...
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I want to provide a online service/app to the world which might not legal in all countries/jurisdictions but mine. What next?
If i provide an online service/app to the world which is legal in my country/jurisdiction but might not be legal in other locations, what i have to do or what might happen to me?
I mean every ...
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Same name in social networks, same product, different country, changed it as soon as it came to my knowledge, untangible goods
I started a business reading tarot online, using a Facebook and Instagram page. My attempt was to do this bilingually. At the time I started it I didn't know there was another woman in another country ...
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Has omitting “but not limited to” ever resulted in a lost case?
Given the ubiquitous use of the phrase "including, but not limited to," have courts ever actually upheld a misinterpretation of the English word "including" to instead mean "...
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Is Trump's COVID-19 liability waiver enforceable?
In order to get tickets to Donald Trump's campaign rally this weekend, you're required to agree to the following waiver of liability:
By clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an ...
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Can I be liable for vandalism if I have posted a political sign on the property?
I have posted a political sign on the front lawn of a house I am renting. The landlord has told me that if I don’t remove this sign, I will be liable for any vandalism occurring to the house, as he ...
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If a stolen item is stolen again, who has the liability?
This is a follow up on a poorly phrased question. Assume a car is the only asset anyone has in this scenario.
Person B steals a car from person A by forging the registration in a fraudulent manner.
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Can a fine incrue interest? Can a fine be/become unreasonable?
In the United States, there are certain situations where you must pay a fine that government in the United States puts upon someone.
However, is it legal to impose a fine greater than what a person ...
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CDA 230 and moderation of subreddits
On the site Reddit anyone can create a "subreddit" to which people can make posts and comments, with the creator of the subreddit being able to moderate posts and comments. Does CDA 230 even apply to ...
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Is a grievance filed during an acute episode of mental illness valid? [closed]
During an acute mental health episode last year, I emailed my department chair complaining about the "tone" (and wording choice) of some of my former professor's communications, accusing her ...
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Will E&O and GL insurance protect an employee against losses arising from his employer's indemnification demands?
This question assumes that an employee has a contract with his employer to indemnify them if there is a loss to the employer's client. I called an insurance agent, and he did not know if such ...
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Strict liabilty
In Civil Law legal system there is a distinction made.
Proper Strict Liability which is plainly Strict Liability like used in the English Language( guiltless liability/ liability regardless of guilt ...
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Neighborly liability?
My wife and I have been building a playhouse for our kids on the backyard. Our neighbor keeps telling my wife that we must put up a fence and/or get lots of insurance because if her son gets hurt in ...
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Liability and Responsibility what is the importance of the distinction in common Law
In Civil Law( legal system) there is no distinction between Liability and Responsibility.
One can only seek(judicially) the cessation of an illegal act if they have suffered damages.
One can only ...
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Ebay return shipment of courier 'prohibited' item - li-ion battery
I ordered a replacement battery a couple of weeks ago. The seller sent the wrong battery. Now I need to return it.
The courier with which the seller sent the battery prohibits the shipment of ...
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Risky to provide summary of legal document with the document?
I'm planning on including Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, etc for users of my website. Following best practices I want to require affirmative "I agree to the terms and conditions" (or similar) ...
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How can I safely provide a free online service?
I am developing a website for secure sharing credentials. Similar to https://www.cloak.sh/ .
How can I protect myself and hopefully eliminate all my liability, while still providing a service "...
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Does mens rea completely absolve responsibility/culpability of the parties involved?
Using the English Law's definition of mens rea does not meeting the standard of it completely absolve the parities involved of any guilt and responsibility for the incident.
Mens rea
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Wrongful death suits against government officials
Can state governors be held liable in wrongful death suits where the deaths are proven to be a direct result of violating all known medical advice and scientific assessment?
I remember that anti-...
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can police accept my guilt in a state of shock?
can the police legally take my admission to a car crash when I am in a state of shock in the middle of a car crash? and if not under what act?
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Personal liability forum shopping: When does US personal liability law apply? When can its application be excluded?
I am interested in the possibilities of forum shopping in regard to personal injury claims. (Tort and contract.)
For the sake of argument, lets assume a manufacturer M that manufactures electronics ...
