Liability
» Liability, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2002
If respondent has not been sued in a liability case in the last five years BUT has experienced at least one credible threat of a liability suit being filed against them.
Think of the last time you were threatened.
5c. What kind of liability suit was threatened?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product or professional liability | 44 | ||
| 2 | Vehicle liability | 13 | ||
| 3 | Personal injury liability, e.g., slip or fall | 10 | ||
| 4 | Employee-related liability | 12 | ||
| 5 | Defamation | 2 | ||
| 6 | Other | 13 | ||
| 7 | DK/Refuse | 4 | ||
| Total (%) | 98 | |||
| N | 94 | |||
Notes: Forty-four (44) percent of small employers (or their businesses) who have not experienced a liability suit in the last five years, but who have experienced a credible threat in that time, most recently experienced the threat of a product or professional liability suit (Q#5c).
