Questions tagged [liability]
Use this for questions where the award of damages, or its possibility, is involved.
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Can I allow use of a property while limiting exposure to liability?
I own a semi-rural property in Canada which I use as a seasonal residence; it's unoccupied for long periods. People in the surrounding community are accustomed to traversing the property ...
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Liability from selling car if buyer does not complete title transfer : California
Suppose one sells a car (California registered) to a person (suspected after the fact to be an illegal immigrant) who does not complete title-transfer. Suppose that the seller completes and submits ...
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Can companies be held liable for people attempting to imitate advertising stunts?
I own a small apparel company that operates an e-commerce shop. Our target demographic is young adults, and as such our brand and marketing material features an edgy and cool style. A lot of our ...
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What if you follow the kidnappers' instructions to not talk to police?
Suppose your child is kidnapped. The kidnappers call you, give you "proof of life" (i.e., irrefutable evidence that they have your child in their custody and that the child is unharmed), and tell you ...
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What is my liability for third-party content I host?
I live in Canada, but my servers are hosted by a third party in the United States. I run a forum-type website, so most content is provided by users.
Do I have any liability for illegal content that ...
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Purolator Shipping Insurance “At Shipper's Risk” clause
I shipped personal items from Canada to the US with Purolator. One package arrived significantly damaged (the delivery man also acknowledged and made note of this).
I purchased 1200$ worth of ...
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Why would a company with a market cap over $100 million choose to be a non-limited, general partnership?
Why would such a significantly profitable company choose to have unlimited liability? What benefits would still be afforded by the non-limited, general partnership structure? United States especially.
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Can a gas station employee use Skimmer Scanner in TN without getting in trouble?
I recently ran across Skimmer Scanner, which is an app that uses Bluetooth to scan for, connect to, and send no-op commands to verify certain common types of card skimmers. Given that the app uses ...
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Street cleaning in France led to broken leg - Can City be sued?
My brother is Irish (thus EU citizen) he moved to Nice, France earlier this year to work in a bar restaurant. He finished work at 530am, street cleaners were out (Nice City power wash/clean many ...
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May I create a Postman collection files converter?
Is it allowed to process and generate new files based on work of another program? I want to create a collection coverter that will just repack it in another way.
Result of converter work is not meant ...
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Legal Extent of Non-Solicitation Obligation Statement
I'm wondering what the limits of these statements would be and additionally if they would be considered reasonable in the merchant referral industry.
Company - An interim between a merchant backend (...
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Multiple LLC's lawsuit question
If you have a parent LLC that owns several other LLCs are you still protected. For instance if one of the child LLCs lands a lawsuit can that lawsuit effect your other LLC or the Parent LLC and you ...
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Implications of and necessity (or lack thereof) for a contract clause that requires the user to back up data frequently
One clause of the Windows Insider Program Agreement strikes me as potentially burdensome because it mandates activity which does not appear to directly benefit Microsoft (emphasis original):
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Can an NDA require you to not only not tell anyone about your signing of it, but also to obscure any implication of your having signed it?
Can an NDA require you to not only not tell anyone about your signing of it, but also to obscure any implication of your having signed it?
For example, from these comments from this question:
"The ...
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What type of legally binding document do I need to offer my own services and make a client responsible for their use of my own deliverables?
Lengthy question. I offer software analysis services. I can tell a business what technology they need, how to put it together, and give them the materials to start hiring developers with. I don't want ...
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Does the use of an escrow service affect liabilities?
Would a website that provides a third-party escrow service to protect its members that trade between themselves be increasing its exposure to any additional liabilities?
My thinking is that despite ...
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Designating an individual or third-party as DMCA Agent gives extra protection? And is it liable?
According to the United States Copyright Office, https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/onlinesp/NPR/faq.html:
“A designated agent may be an individual (e.g., “Jane Doe”), a
specific position or ...
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Can one company sponsoring or advertising on a website cause liabilities for the sponsoring company if the website has problems?
I've always been curious how this works. Say there's Company A and Website B.
Website B does things that are in the grey area of law. Company A tries to operate fully legitimately as an actual ...
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Limitation of Liability cant exclude all types of Liabilities?
So i am drafting Limitation of Liability for my free website, and ideally i would wish to wave all the liability, but as i discoved when doing some reading that you can't wave some liabilities such as ...
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What are the legal risks in removing other people's baggage from a conveyor in baggage reclaim?
I originally asked this on Travel.SE, but didn't get any useful answers. So I thought I'd ask about the legal aspects here. For further details on why I was doing it, see the Travel.SE question.
When ...
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Can Mobile App Terms of Use contain General liability release?
The intent is a smart phone based app, which functions as a service(think ride share type of services). Wish to provide said service without insurance to test market feasibility.
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Are business owners liable for harm inflicted by homeless spikes?
Businesses in cities install hazards, hard spikes or sharp bench dividers, to ward homeless from using flat surfaces near the business as a dry place to sleep. If a homeless person were to use this ...
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Can a software developer/company be held liable for illegal acts done with their software?
If a software developer(s) / company creates software that can be used for hacking purposes but has "Terms of Use" that state it can not be used for an illegal activity. Can the creator(s) be held ...
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Notary attested true copy of passport
Where one can notarize the copy of passport in India? Like mentioning A true copy and signed sealed verified by notary person.
