geni wrote:
On 3/31/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
I don't know Florida Law - but if my knowledge of UK law would say that if harm is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of an action, and it is reasonable to take steps to prevent it, then a failure to do so is culpable negligence. We know the harm, we could do something, but we don't.
UK and US law split over 200 years ago. There are significant differences. Read through Barrett v. Rosenthal.
As I said, legal concerns should not here be paramount. The civil law only exists to punish those who are not doing the Right Thing, and compensate those who are their victims. So the paramount question is not legality, it is are we doing the Right Thing? Is this responsible?
Doc