Comments on: 19th-century legal doctrine meets 21st-century hedonism and 20th-century litigation tactics http://overlawyered.com/2007/07/19th-century-legal-doctrine-meets-21st-century-hedonism-and-20th-century-litigation-tactics/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SPO http://overlawyered.com/2007/07/19th-century-legal-doctrine-meets-21st-century-hedonism-and-20th-century-litigation-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-8090 SPO Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:02:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5082#comment-8090 Whatever happened to assumption of the risk? Whatever happened to assumption of the risk?

]]> By: Benjamin Cooper http://overlawyered.com/2007/07/19th-century-legal-doctrine-meets-21st-century-hedonism-and-20th-century-litigation-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-8089 Benjamin Cooper Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:53:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5082#comment-8089 I'm not sure whether I'm against alienation of affection suits against the actual alienator - although it seems the jury got it wrong in this case - but a more serious issue is when an office romance in Georgia or Illinois leads to the estranged spouse of one of the co-workers suing the company for allowing the office romance. I’m not sure whether I’m against alienation of affection suits against the actual alienator – although it seems the jury got it wrong in this case – but a more serious issue is when an office romance in Georgia or Illinois leads to the estranged spouse of one of the co-workers suing the company for allowing the office romance.

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