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industry-wide liability

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A quick definition of industry-wide liability:

Industry-wide liability is when all companies in a particular industry are held responsible for any harm caused by their products, based on their market share. This means that each company is liable for a portion of the damages, proportional to their share of the market. Liability is the legal responsibility for something, either in terms of legal obligation or financial debt. It can be based on fault or strict liability, and can be shared jointly and severally or individually.

A more thorough explanation:

Industry-wide liability refers to the legal responsibility of all members of an industry for manufacturing a harmful or defective product. This liability is allotted by each manufacturer's market share of the industry. It is also known as enterprise liability.

For example, if several companies produce a product that causes harm to consumers, each company is held liable for the harm caused based on their market share of the industry. This means that each company is responsible for paying damages to the affected consumers.

Another example is the market-share liability theory, which is a type of industry-wide liability. This theory applies when a plaintiff cannot trace the harmful exposure to a particular product, as when several products contain a fungible substance. For instance, if a plaintiff is harmed by exposure to asbestos, and it is difficult to determine which company's asbestos caused the harm, each company that produced asbestos is held liable based on their market share of the industry.

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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
7:55
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
7:56
Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
soapy
8:48
UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
Minus those random R decisions from UMN yesterday though right? I wonder what happened there. I don’t think I’ve seen a school start the season out with anything but As on here
almost all of my apps have been UR for 6 weeks at this point I feel exhausted waiting for them to finish
Irvine is being snobby and wont start any review until end of Nov.
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