Negligence Act definition

Negligence Act means the Negligence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. N-1, as amended;
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Negligence Act means Negligence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. N. 1, as amended, including s. 1;
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Examples of Negligence Act in a sentence

  • THIS COURT ORDERS that, upon the Effective Date, each Releasor shall not now or hereafter institute, continue, maintain, intervene in or assert, either directly or indirectly, whether in Canada or elsewhere, on their own behalf or on behalf of any class or any other Person, any proceeding, cause of action, claim or demand against any Releasee, or any other Person who may claim contribution or indemnity, or other claims over relief, from any Releasee, whether pursuant to the Negligence Act, RSO 1990, c.

  • The foregoing provision shall not be deemed a relinquishment or waiver of any kind of Section 7 of the Governmental Liability for Negligence Act, being Act No. 170, Public Acts of Michigan, 1964.

  • The foregoing provision shall not be deemed a relinquishment or waiver of any kind of governmental immunity provided under Section 7 of the Governmental Liability for Negligence Act, being MCL 691.1407 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

  • The Contributory Negligence Act retained joint and several liability, but made adjustments in cases where one or more of the defendants is unable to pay its share of the total amount (judgement).Each of the parties at fault, including the plaintiff if contributorily negligent, will still have to pay a share of the judgement based on their degree of fault.

  • Apportionment of liability not possible in instances of breach of a strict contractual duty The recent case of ANZ Bank NZ Ltd v Frost & Sutcliffe [2014] NZHC 1640 serves as a reminder that the right to apportion liability in cases of contributory negligence under section 3(1) of the Contributory Negligence Act 1947 does not apply in cases of a breach of a strict contractual duty.

  • The Court disagreed and concluded that, where a contracting party has placed an explicit and strict obligation on a professional adviser to carry out particular tasks, that strict contractual obligation cannot be compromised by the Contributory Negligence Act 1947 or by any analogous apportionment.

  • Purchaser’s Representatives 16.1 The Purchaser shall authorize one or more of its personnel to act for it under the Contract and notify their name(s) to the Supplier forthwith.

  • THIS COURT ORDERS that, upon the Effective Date, each Releasor shall not now or hereafter institute, continue, maintain, intervene in or assert, either directly or indirectly, whether in Canada or elsewhere, on their own behalf or on behalf of any class or any other Person, any proceeding, cause of action, claim or demand against any Releasee or any other Person who may claim contribution or indemnity, or other claims over relief, from any Releasee, whether pursuant to the Negligence Act, RSO 1990, c.

  • Nothing in this Section 10 is intended to violate the provisions of the Construction Contract Indemnification for Negligence Act, 740 ILCS 35/0.01 et seq., and this section is not intended to be an indemnification of Metra’s or its employees’ own negligence to the extent such indemnification would be in violation of such provisions.

  • They argue that contribution in the Negligence Act turns on fault, not liability.

Related to Negligence Act

  • Fraud means any offence under laws creating offences in respect of fraudulent acts or at common law in respect of fraudulent acts in relation to the Contract or defrauding or attempting to defraud or conspiring to defraud the Crown.

  • Negligence means the failure to exercise "Reasonable Care".

  • Breach of Duty means the Director or Officer breached or failed to perform his or her duties to the Corporation and his or her breach of or failure to perform those duties is determined, in accordance with Section 8.04, to constitute misconduct under Section 180.0851 (2) (a) 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Statute.

  • Clean Water Act or "CWA" means the federal Clean Water Act (33 USC § 1251 et seq.), formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500, as amended by Public Law 95-217, Public Law 95-576, Public Law 96-483, and Public Law 97-117, or any subsequent revisions thereto.

  • Public nuisance means a building that is a menace to the public health, welfare, or safety, or that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress, or that constitutes a fire hazard, or is otherwise dangerous to human life, or that in relation to the existing use constitutes a hazard to the public health, welfare, or safety by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment. “Public nuisance” includes buildings with blighting characteristics as defined by Iowa Code section 403.2.

  • Willful means any act or omission by the Executive that was in good faith and with a reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interests of the Company or its affiliates. Any act or omission based upon authority given pursuant to a duly adopted Board resolution, or, upon the instructions of any senior officer of the Company, or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company will be conclusively presumed to be taken or omitted by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company and/or its affiliates.