Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site frog.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: $1.4M for hitting a cow (Lawsuits and judges that piss me off) Message-ID: <279@frog.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 15:46:58 EDT Article-I.D.: frog.279 Posted: Wed Aug 21 15:46:58 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:01:15 EDT References: <212@dmcnh.UUCP> <984@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 17 > 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 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA