How to Use strict liability in a Sentence

strict liability

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  • Torts law isn’t based on strict liability—harm alone won’t result in a damage award.
    — Max Lockie, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The Prince George’s County Democrat said adopting a strict liability standard is the most the state can do to discourage drilling.
    — Michael Dresser, baltimoresun.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • While some states have a one-bite rule — meaning the dog owner is not liable for a dog bite unless the dog was known to have bitten before — California has a strict liability law.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The club also agreed to a strict liability standard preventing minors on the premises.
    — Fernando Alfonso Iii and St. John Barned-Smith, Houston Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The law change eliminates the strict liability rule that made the owner responsible for damages caused by the dog’s actions even if the owner did not know the dog would act aggressively.
    — Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 May 2021
  • Even though this is a strict liability offense, prosecutors will recognize the lack of intent.
    — Kevin Werbach, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2018
  • There are about 250 new condos coming out this year, but most developers avoid constructing them because of strict liability laws.
    — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • To prove most crimes, prosecutors must show the defendant committed a proscribed act and did so with a guilty mind—ill intent—with the exception of a very few strict liability offenses, like statutory rape.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2019
  • In all of these cases, the suits at hand deal with state consumer protection, torts, or liability law in different states, and so there is not an issue of circuit split for the consideration of strict liability.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 8 July 2019
  • Maryland has introduced a bill imposing strict liability on anyone who causes a spill while engaged in offshore drilling or oil or gas extraction.
    — Wayne Parry, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Furthermore, the judge wrote, the regulation imposes strict liability on homeowners, regardless of why the trash is there.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • In cases where strict liability for accidents or injuries does not apply, negligence may.
    — Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 May 2021
  • The panel’s suggestion to overhaul the strict liability doctrine, known as inverse condemnation, has already faced strong pushback.
    — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
  • The measure also will loosen some of the nation’s strictest liability rules for utilities when their equipment causes a fire, but only after those utilities carry out billions of dollars in fire-prevention safety work.
    — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
  • In the filing, the lawyers claimed this statement invited the jury to apply strict liability, a standard of liability that means the defendant could be responsible for the consequences of an action even in the absence of criminal intent.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Maryland is among the majority of states that apply strict liability to certain situations.
    — Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 May 2021
  • The lawsuit brings actions for strict liability against TikTok, based on both defective design and a failure to warn, for negligence and for violation of California's legal consumer remedies law.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
  • The lawsuit brings actions for strict liability against TikTok, based on both defective design and a failure to warn, for negligence and for violation of California's legal consumer remedies law.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
  • The imposition of strict liability on owners in this manner is not authorized under the Horse Racing Law, may result in arbitrary and capricious disciplinary proceedings, and could chill horse ownership.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 25 June 2018
  • Utilities lobbied aggressively to eliminate that strict liability standard but lawmakers dropped the idea amid pressure from insurers, trial lawyers and fire victims.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper, The Seattle Times, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Instead, sanctions violations will be evaluated by the OFSI on a strict liability basis—meaning that the agency will have to prove only that a sanctions violation occurred, not what a company or individual knew about the violation.
    — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 29 June 2022
  • The lawsuit alleges negligence and strict liability by all the respondents and is seeking general damages for Wilcoxen’s physical injuries, pain and suffering and emotional trauma as well as special damages related to his medical treatment.
    — Sara Jean Green, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Instead, sanctions violations will be evaluated by the OFSI on a strict liability basis—meaning that the agency will only have to prove a sanctions violation occurred, not what a company or individual knew about the violation.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 8 June 2022
  • But lawmakers balked at repealing labor protections that impose strict liability on employers for discharging workers.
    — Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • The complaints allege strict liability, negligence, unjust enrichment and invasion of privacy.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2022

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