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Liability clauses specify the responsibilities of a party that provides you with products and services, while indemnity clauses specify what remedies you can take and what compensation you can receive in the event that the party violates its responsibilities. Indemnity clauses also can hold another party responsible for your damages. These clauses typically have limits established by state and federal case law or statutes that predominately protect you as a consumer.
Breach
If another party breaches a legal contract under normal circumstances, you may still have to meet the terms of the contract. For example, a cellphone carrier may make you sign a yearly agreement for cellphone services. The contract may contain a clause stating that you will not hold the provider liable for minor service outages or fee increases and it will provide you with an indemnity for larger outages in service. The only way to break a contract that contains liability and indemnity clauses occurs when the other party does not make good on its indemnities or liabilities.
Gross Negligence
Liability and indemnity clauses do not protect a party from negligence or fraud. A surgeon may make you sign medical consent forms before he operates on you. If he makes a reasonable mistake routine in his field of practice, his liability and indemnity clauses usually will hold up in court. If he injures you due to intent or an error he should have avoided, a court will consider these clauses null and void and award you damages.
Contributory Negligence
Liability and indemnity clauses may hold up if you suffered an injury that was partially your fault. Even if an adverse event is only 1 percent your responsibility, you may be denied compensation entirely, depending upon your state.
For example, you make a right turn on red at an intersection while going over the speed limit. Another driver without insurance rear ends you, because he wasn’t paying attention. While you can sue your auto insurance company for its liability to cover your damages by the uninsured motorist, you may not receive funds because your insurance company is indemnified from accidents that are not fully the responsibility of a third party.
Legal
A contract that contains a liability or indemnity clause that violates state or federal statutes is not considered legally binding, and you can keep material benefits from such contracts and do not have to pay owed liabilities. Most states have laws that require liability and indemnity clauses to be reasonable in absence of state statutes, meaning that a party cannot take unfair advantage of you through a contractual agreement. For example, a construction contractor may have a legal liability to repair damage to your newly constructed home up to a certain percent of the home’s value, regardless of the terms of the contract.
Breach
If another party breaches a legal contract under normal circumstances, you may still have to meet the terms of the contract. For example, a cellphone carrier may make you sign a yearly agreement for cellphone services. The contract may contain a clause stating that you will not hold the provider liable for minor service outages or fee increases and it will provide you with an indemnity for larger outages in service. The only way to break a contract that contains liability and indemnity clauses occurs when the other party does not make good on its indemnities or liabilities.
Gross Negligence
Liability and indemnity clauses do not protect a party from negligence or fraud. A surgeon may make you sign medical consent forms before he operates on you. If he makes a reasonable mistake routine in his field of practice, his liability and indemnity clauses usually will hold up in court. If he injures you due to intent or an error he should have avoided, a court will consider these clauses null and void and award you damages.
Contributory Negligence
Liability and indemnity clauses may hold up if you suffered an injury that was partially your fault. Even if an adverse event is only 1 percent your responsibility, you may be denied compensation entirely, depending upon your state.
For example, you make a right turn on red at an intersection while going over the speed limit. Another driver without insurance rear ends you, because he wasn’t paying attention. While you can sue your auto insurance company for its liability to cover your damages by the uninsured motorist, you may not receive funds because your insurance company is indemnified from accidents that are not fully the responsibility of a third party.
Legal
A contract that contains a liability or indemnity clause that violates state or federal statutes is not considered legally binding, and you can keep material benefits from such contracts and do not have to pay owed liabilities. Most states have laws that require liability and indemnity clauses to be reasonable in absence of state statutes, meaning that a party cannot take unfair advantage of you through a contractual agreement. For example, a construction contractor may have a legal liability to repair damage to your newly constructed home up to a certain percent of the home’s value, regardless of the terms of the contract.
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