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Comment on Livery car liable for passenger’s later crash by OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:28 +0000

Let me get this straight. I get drunk, take a cab home and could be liable for my stupidly driving afterward because they dropped me near someplace I might have a car?

Would they also be liable if they dropped me someplace near a tall building I might jump off of?

Comment on “He’s not a klutz”: $4.5 million for NYC cop shot in tippy chair by Dan

Dan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:21:22 +0000

Yep, excessive…
goes to show what a cheap chair will cost!

Comment on American Apparel arbitration, cont’d by Dov Charney chronicles, cont’d

Dov Charney chronicles, cont’d — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:14:35 +0000

[...] into the papers. (Alex Ebner, Hollywood Interrupted, Nov. 30; WSJ law blog, Nov. 12). Earlier here, [...]

Comment on “The video that helped put a man in prison for 22 years for running a stop sign” by Ryan Frank

Ryan Frank — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:54:05 +0000

Additional comments from Althouse’s site - apparently not only did he kill someone by running the stop sign - he was running the stop sign in an attempt to evade police and avoid getting a 4th DUI. I have to say I’m a little disgusted at Althouse for how misleading her post is.

Comment on “Court: Sarkozy voodoo doll should not be stabbed” by The Agitator » Blog Archive » Morning Links

The Agitator » Blog Archive » Morning Links — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:25:17 +0000

[...] appeals court says stores can sell Sarkozy voodoo dolls, but “must carry a notice saying that pricking them harms the president’s [...]

Comment on “He’s not a klutz”: $4.5 million for NYC cop shot in tippy chair by E-Bell

E-Bell — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:21:38 +0000

He clearly had no idea how to handle a gun.

Even if liability was clear, that’s an outrageously high verdict - especially for a guy who is still working and getting disability.

Comment on “The video that helped put a man in prison for 22 years for running a stop sign” by Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:37:25 +0000

Subject matter of this post aside, the title is grossly misleading, even if the ambiguity is removed. (I know, it’s a third-party feed). Perhaps the video helped put the defendent away because he operated a vehicle in such a way that now someone is dead. Maybe the title should read, “The video that…for pressing the accelerator.”

Comment on EEOC settlement: pork-handling exemption, prayer breaks for Muslim workers by Pork-handling and religious accommodation, cont’d

Pork-handling and religious accommodation, cont’d — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:14:44 +0000

[...] Hasanali Khoja, a Muslim chef employed by London’s Metropolitan Police as a catering manager, has filed a discrimination claim after being asked to prepare breakfasts with pork sausages and bacon, saying he had been assured he would not have to handle the meat products. (David Barrett, “Muslim police chef claims religious discrimination over sausage and bacon breakfasts”, Telegraph, Nov. 2). The Minnesota meat-packing case discussed earlier is here. [...]

Comment on Update: “Judge says perfume lawsuit can proceed” by Bob Neal

Bob Neal — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:14:17 +0000

What if the employee’s scent is a part of her religion? What’s an employer to do now? What does a candle company do if an employee is sensitive to the smell? The world of ADA law is bad enough. Come Jan. 1, with the ADA AA, we’re going to see this only get worse.

Comment on Livery car liable for passenger’s later crash by westlawuser

westlawuser — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:41:14 +0000

Commerce Ins. Co. v. Ultimate Livery Service, Inc.
2008 WL 4981557
November 26, 2008

As a law student studying for my Torts exam in two weeks, this is an interesting case. If the defendants are held liable, I hope there’s some kind of partial indemnity that only makes them liable for the .0001% of their actual fault for the wrongful death. Which reminds me that I need to study damages…