Maximum Liability The provisions of this Loan Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Loan Guarantor’s liability under this Loan Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Loan Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Loan Guarantors or the Lenders, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant Loan Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”. This Section with respect to the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no Loan Guarantor nor any other person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section with respect to such Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each Loan Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor without impairing this Loan Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Lenders hereunder, provided that, nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any Loan Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.
Liability of the Parties 16.1 Whilst the Parties shall make all reasonable attempts to mitigate loss, each Party (“the indemnifying Party”) shall be liable for and indemnify the others against any expense, liability, loss, claim or proceeding whatsoever arising under any statute or at common law in respect of personal injury to or death of any person whomsoever arising out of or in the course of or caused by any act or omission of that indemnifying Party in respect of its role in the activities of the Joint Committee and/or under this Agreement and /or where acting as Lead Authority .
16.2 Whilst the Parties shall make all reasonable attempts to mitigate loss, each Party (“the indemnifying Party”) shall be liable for and shall indemnify the others against any reasonable expense, liability, loss, claim or proceeding in respect of any injury or damage whatsoever to any property real or personal in so far as such injury or damage arises out of or in the course of or is caused by any act or omission of that indemnifying Party in respect of its role in the activities of the Joint Committee and/or under this Agreement and/or where acting as Lead Authority .
16.3 Whilst the Parties shall make all reasonable attempts to mitigate loss, each Party (“the indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify the others in respect of any reasonable loss caused to each of the other Parties as a direct result of that indemnifying Party’s negligence, wilful default or fraud or that of any of the indemnifying Party’s employees in respect of its role in the activities of the Joint Committee and/or under this Agreement and/or where acting as Lead Authority.
16.4 Where a Party is appointed the Lead Authority under the terms of clause 12 of this Agreement, the other Parties shall each indemnify the Lead Authority on pro rata basis according to the proportions of their respective financial commitments as set out in Clause 10 of this Agreement with the intent that the Lead Authority shall itself be responsible for its own pro-rata share.
Aggregate Limits of Liability The basic coverage limits of liability may be subject to annual aggregate limits. If this is the case the annual aggregate limits of liability must be at least two (2) times the limits required for each policy, or the aggregate may equal the limits required but must apply separately to this Agreement.
