Umbrellas raise the liability limits if you must pay damages from a lawsuit or if you incur costs to fight such a suit.
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In the end the House Republicans won by loading their bill with unrelated goodies such as liability limits and funding for special projects.
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In 1966, the top liability limit was set at $ 75, 000, but with time and inflation, the figure has become unrealistically low.
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Senator Edward M . Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, vowed to block the liability limit when the Senate takes up similar legislation next week.
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McCain and others argued that the liability limits were the best way to prod tobacco firms into helping the government combat youth smoking.
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Support for medical liability limits seems to be gaining ground nationally, with Florida, Nevada and Oregon passing state referendums capping malpractice payments on Tuesday.
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The Congress has since raised the amount to more than $ 500 billion, and removed liability limits that the companies had negotiated for themselves.
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"Every lottery has liability limits on their fixed-prize daily games, just like casinos have limits on how much you can bet, " she said.
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A previous bailout bill provided liability limits for the airlines, but the new language would also include plane builders, building owners and other involved parties.
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Manufacturers of aging work equipment would gain protection against lawsuits by injured workers under a House-passed liability limit aimed at ending " frivolous " litigation.
