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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: $1.4M for hitting a cow (Lawsuits and judges that piss me off)
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 15:46:58 EDT
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> Okay, it sounds excessive.  But before we agree on that all the way,
> why didn't you say anything about the injuries that plaintiff sustained
> or claimed that she had?  
> 	Or are you saying that the owner of the land (& the cow) has no
> responsibility in the matter anyway?  
> -- 
>             -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago 
The owner of the land was Digital.  The owner of the cow was NOT Digital,
but a farmer who was renting the land.  J. Random Farmer does not have $1.4M,
so Digital gets sued.  I believe there was some question about the injuries,
though I did not follow the case well enough to remember.

On the other hand, when I drive through rural areas, I tend to watch for
things like tractors, cows, cattle-mutilating-space-aliens, the usual things.

--
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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