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This clause eliminates AT&T's financial responsibility across virtually every recognized category of damages, leaving users without a contractual remedy for most harms.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated with '...' between 'AT&T' and 'BE LIABLE,' suggesting other potentially liable parties or additional conditions may be named in the full clause. The analysis reflects only what the provided text establishes.
If you suffer harm—including loss of profits, loss of data, or inability to use the service—you cannot recover those damages from AT&T under the terms of this agreement.
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GRUBHUB SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING FROM CAUSES BEYOND GRUBHUB'S REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DELAYS AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET...
THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER OF PUNITIVE AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES...SHALL NOT APPLY TO USERS WHO RESIDE IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC IN CANADA.
Datadog will not be responsible for failures to fulfill any obligations due to causes beyond its control.
"IN NO EVENT SHALL AT&T...BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA...Excerpt from AT&T's Terms of Service
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This clause eliminates AT&T's financial responsibility across virtually every recognized category of damages, leaving users without a contractual remedy for most harms.
If you suffer harm—including loss of profits, loss of data, or inability to use the service—you cannot recover those damages from AT&T under the terms of this agreement.
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