Comments on: January 5 roundup

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:30:44 +0000

Remember that the train ruling is just reversing a motion to dismiss. The appeals court didn’t rule that the track-crosser’s actions were negligent, just that the plaintiff has the right to try to make that case. I think the plaintiff’s lawyer got it right; this is a straightforward negligence case with tragic facts.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:44:22 +0000

The train thing actually makes some degree of sense. It’s not as though body parts just go whizzing around all willy-nilly.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:49:22 +0000

Eeeuw! Bystander can sue train fatality victim whose body part flew through air and hit her

I bet she will be suing him for an arm an a leg. 🙂

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:24:59 +0000

My city, Sunnyvale CA, just introduced a ban on plastic bags, and a 10 cent tax on paper bags. Many left-coast cities are doing this.

I’m one of the greenest people around; my office is 4 blocks north of my house and I walk to work every day. My house has PV (Solar Electric) panels, and my utility bill for the year is a net “zero”.

But because I walk a lot, to work, etc, I love those plastic bags! Now I can’t walk to the supermarket and get lunch unless I remember to take a bag with me before I leave.

The reuse of bags, especially to carry food that will be eaten without cooking, is also very unsanitary. There’s likely to be some number of illnesses and perhaps even death because of people reusing dirty bags.

I hope someone fills in the gap caused by this ban. Perhaps standing on the sidewalk in front of grocery stores and handing out free plastic bags with advertising on them! (Like how in Japan, they hand out tissue packets on the street with advertising because public restrooms generally have no tissues, and food stands don’t have napkins. On my frequent trips over there, I’ve learned to always take a tissue packet whereever they’re being handed out!)