Under our system of laws, legal liability has customarily been based on certain showings, e.g., that an act or omission actually caused an injury, with liability usually measured by the aggrieved party’s actual loss. These useful legal constructs have served us well over the years in helping to avoid misuse of the law through the imposition of liabilities without proof of injury or without regard to the damage actually caused by the alleged misconduct.
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