Re: Practice the Black Arts in class, get fired.

Daniel R. Reitman <dreitman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 09:25:12 -0400, Howard S Shubs <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>>But it has, and the woman involved was old enough to know it.  I have 
>>very little sympathy for her.  There's no fool like an old fool.  All 
>>that life experience and she STILL put hot coffee where she did.  What 
>>an idiot.
> 
> For which she was found 25 percent at fault, and her damages were
> reduced accordingly.  But no one ever points that out when complaining
> about the case.

This highlights a problem with partial fault judgments. With such very
large awards an individual can still be financially destroyed even if
they're held only a tiny bit responsible. Small comfort to be only a few
percent responsible if it still amounts to more disposable income than
you'll see in a lifetime.

	Robert
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