Indemnity/Liability You shall indemnify, and hold harmless RIM, the RIM Group of Companies, RIM's affiliates, suppliers, successors, agents, authorised distributors, (including Airtime Service Providers) and assigns and each of their directors, officers, employees and independent contractors (each a "RIM Indemnified Party") from any damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable lawyers’ fees and costs) incurred by a RIM Indemnified Party, and at the RIM Indemnified Party’s request defend at Your expense any third party claim or proceeding brought against the RIM Indemnified Party, arising from: (a) infringement of patents or other intellectual property or proprietary rights arising from combining with or using any device (other than a BlackBerry Handheld Product), system or service in connection with Your BlackBerry Solution or any portion thereof; or (b) Your breach of this Agreement or any Addendum to this Agreement. No remedy herein conferred upon RIM is intended to be, nor shall it be construed to be, exclusive of any other remedy provided herein or as allowed by law or in equity, but all such remedies shall be cumulative.
Exceptions from Liability Without limiting the generality of any other provisions hereof, neither the Custodian nor any Domestic Subcustodian shall be under any duty or obligation to inquire into, nor be liable for:
PARTY LIABILITY Contractor’s total liability under this Agreement, whether for breach of contract, warranty, negligence, strict liability, in tort or otherwise, is limited to the price of the particular products/services sold hereunder. Contractor agrees either to refund the purchase price or to repair or replace product(s) that are not as warranted. Contractor accepts liability to repay, and shall repay upon demand to END USER, any amounts determined by H-GAC, its independent auditors, or any state or federal agency, to have been paid in violation of the terms of this Agreement.
Defects Liability 11.1 In case of a defect, the Seller will, without undue delay and free of charge, make good any defects and/ or deficiencies in its Supplies and Services which were already existent at the time of transfer of risk to the Customer by, at its sole discretion and as the nature of the defect or deficiency would reasonably require,repair or replacement. The Customer has the obligation to inform the Seller of any defect and/ or deficiency without undue delay after detection of the same.
11.2 Should remedy of a defect and/ or deficiency finally fail, the Customer shall – without prejudice to claim damages – be entitled to terminate the Contract or ask for an equitable adjustment of the Contact price. Except as otherwise provided in the Contract, a remedy shall be deemed to have finally failed after the third unsuccessful attempt by the Seller to rectify the defect and/or deficiency.
11.3 Defect liability claims shall become statute-barred after a period of 12 months, counted from the date of completion of the concerned Supplies and/or Services (“Defect Liability Period”). In case and where a longer Defect Liability Period is mandatory as per applicable law, the Defect Liability Period mentioned in the preceding sentence shall be replaced by such mandatory longer period. If any part of the Supplies and Services has to be repaired or replaced during the Defect Liability Period, the Defect Liability Period for the relevant part of the Supplies and Services shall begin for another period of 12 months, however, provided that the Defect Liability Period shall not be (further) extended beyond 24 months from the from the date of completion of the concerned Supplies and/ or Services.
11.4 The Seller shall not be liable for any damage / defect occurring after transfer of risk to the Customer being a result of careless usage, inappropriate consumables/ fuels, defective and/ or deficient civil works, inappropriate ground conditions or special outside influences which are not specifically provided for in the Contract. Should the Customer or any third party perform improper maintenance works or effect any changes to the Supplies and Services the consequences thereof shall not be covered under subject defect liability obligations of the Seller.
11.5 The Seller shall not be liable for normal wear and tear. Wear-parts are excluded from any defect liability, except in case the Customer provides proof that the damage or defect is not caused by normal wear and tear.
11.6 Any further liability for defect liability claims is – as far as permissible by applicable law – excluded.
Liability Limitations This paragraph limits the liabilities arising under this Agreement or any SOW and is a bargained-for and material part of our business relationship with you. You acknowledge and agree that Verticomm would not enter into any SOW or this Agreement unless Verticomm could rely on the limitations described in this paragraph. In no event shall either party be liable for any indirect, special, exemplary, consequential, or punitive damages, such as lost revenue, loss of profits (except for fees due and owing to Verticomm), savings, or other indirect or contingent event-based economic loss arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, any SOW, or the Services, or for any loss or interruption of data, technology or services, or for any breach hereof or for any damages caused by any delay in furnishing Services under this Agreement or any SOW, even if a party has been advised of the possibility of such damages; however, reasonable attorneys’ fees awarded to a prevailing party (as described below), your indemnification obligations, and any amounts due and payable pursuant to the non-solicitation provision of this Agreement shall not be limited by the foregoing limitation. Except for the foregoing exceptions, a responsible party’s (“Responsible Party’s”) aggregate liability to the other party (“Aggrieved Party”) for damages from any and all claims or causes whatsoever, and regardless of the form of any such action(s), that arise from or relate to this Agreement (collectively, “Claims”), whether in contract, tort, indemnification, or negligence, shall be limited solely to the amount of the Aggrieved Party’s actual and direct damages, not to exceed the amount of fees paid by you (excluding hard costs for licenses, hardware, etc.) to Verticomm for the specific Service upon which the applicable claim(s) is/are based during the three (3) month period immediately prior to the date on which the cause of action accrued. The foregoing limitations shall not apply to the extent that the Claims are caused by a Responsible Party’s willful or intentional misconduct, or gross negligence. Similarly, a Responsible Party’s liability obligation shall be reduced to the extent that a Claim is caused by, or the result of, the Aggrieved Party’s willful or intentional misconduct, or gross negligence.