What is Legal liability?
'''Legal liability''' is the [[legal]] [[Wikt:responsibility|responsibility]] a person has for their [[Wikt:action|action]]s. It includes the responsibility to [[Wikt:compensate|compensate]] another person for any [[harm]] or [[Wikt:damage|damage]]s caused to them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legal-liability |title=legal liability |publisher=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref> Legal liability includes lawful [[Wikt:obligation|obligation]]s required by [[lawsuit|civil actions]] or [[tort]]s.<ref name=BLD>{{cite web |url=http://thelawdictionary.org/legal-liability/ |title=liability |publisher=Black's Law Dictionary/The Law Dictionary |access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref> It can also include [[Wikt:term|term]]s set by a [[contract]],<ref name=LC/> [[tax]]es, or [[fine]]s given by [[government agencies]]. To win a civil [[lawsuit]] the [[plaintiff]] must prove the [[defendant]]'s legal liability.<ref name=LC>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1151 |title=Liability |publisher=Law.com |access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref> This requires proving the defendant failed to act in some way that caused harm to the plaintiff. To succeed the plaintiff must also show the connection of how a failure to act caused him or her [[injury]] or [[harm]].<ref name=LC/> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Legal terms]]