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Does liability require a finding of negligence?

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Liability is not always the result of an intentionally damaging act or of some proven fault like negligence . The affixing of liability may once have been simply a peace-preserving alternative to the practice of an injured party taking vengeance. Further, the law's emphasis has long been that one who is able to pay (who, in modern terms, has "deep pockets" ) should pay one who has lost something through an action of the payer, even if that action was blameless.

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