public liability
Outsider injury coverage
Public liability is legal responsibility for harm or damage caused to members of the public.
The term appears most often in insurance contexts: public liability insurance protects businesses against claims from customers or passersby injured on their premises or by their operations.
A shop owner's public liability might cover a customer who slips on a wet floor.
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- personal injuryHarm to a person's body
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
- defendantParty facing charges
civil litigation · tort law · legal action · insurance claim · claims adjuster · umbrella policy · business owner · health and safety · crack · puddle · warning sign · wet floor · pavement · slip · fall · crowd · child · trip
- insuranceinsurance, coverage, auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance
- insurance risksbodily injury, property damage, collision, fire damage, vandalism
- liability insuranceerrors and omissions, malpractice insurance, umbrella insurance, professional negligence, medical malpractice
- municipal liabilitysovereign immunity, qualified immunity, notice requirements, claim filing, indemnification
- administrative lawadjudication, judicial review, regulatory agency, natural justice, rulemaking
- tort lawtort, tort law, negligence, duty of care, breach of duty