People should retain responsibility for their vehicles to ensure safety, but as cars become ever more automated, the current rules of liability would suppress innovation.

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Attacking the unnecessary costs in our current system starts with implementing comprehensive medical liability reform, so when doctors are in exam rooms they are thinking about their patients, not about ordering more tests in case somebody tries to sue later.

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DiNapoli, acting as trustee of the state pension fund, in November filed a shareholder resolution calling on the company to analyze whether it would reduce its long-term liability by removing contaminated sediment outside the current cleanup zone.

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While funds, such as LACERA in its current contract with Milliman, apparently are agreeing to limitations of liability, the limitation amounts are well in excess of the annual actuarial fee.

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If the trial bar is successful in the current case, this could be the next big area of product liability against drug makers.

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The case would be among the biggest of the current term, and could establish binding standards over high-stakes liability involving employers large and small.

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The current US system has little slack because processes are extremely complex with huge fixed costs and unlimited liability.

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