“You agree that if any lawsuit or court proceeding is permitted under this Agreement, the aggregate liability of us and our affiliates and suppliers to you for all claims...will not...exceed the greater of: (a) the amount of any affected order(s) giving rise to such damages, or (b) the amount of five hundred U.S. dollars ($500.00).”
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The cap limits the maximum financial recovery a user can obtain from Afterpay regardless of the nature or scale of the harm, which constrains the practical value of any legal claim against Afterpay.
Interpretive note: The cap's application to affiliates and suppliers is an independent legal proposition omitted from the canonical claim and recorded in omitted_material.
A reader's total recoverable damages from Afterpay, its affiliates, and suppliers across all claims are limited to the greater of the affected order amount or $500.
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"You agree that if any lawsuit or court proceeding is permitted under this Agreement, the aggregate liability of us and our affiliates and suppliers to you for all claims...will not...exceed the greater of: (a) the amount of any affected order(s) giving rise to such damages, or (b) the amount of five hundred U.S. dollars ($500.00).Excerpt from Afterpay's Terms of Service
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The cap limits the maximum financial recovery a user can obtain from Afterpay regardless of the nature or scale of the harm, which constrains the practical value of any legal claim against Afterpay.
A reader's total recoverable damages from Afterpay, its affiliates, and suppliers across all claims are limited to the greater of the affected order amount or $500.
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