Ken,
To clarify, you say that if I leave my keys in the car and the door unlocked
and someone steals the car and kills someone with it, I'm partially liable?
That's stretching it a bit...I think the burden should fall squarely on the
shoulders of the person that stole the car. Please don't think that this
means that *every* situation like this is the same. But I don't think we
need to start putting the folks that can't remember to tie their shoes in
jail...
Michael Sorbera
Webmaster
Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union
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From: "Claussen, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Zachary Uram'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Young, Beth A.'"
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Subject: RE: 3rd party liability Was RE: This is a must read document
> ***Disclaimer I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV****
> First I agree with the author's perspective, people should be held
> accountable for their actions, or inaction. My understanding of the
article
> was if you had the club on the car then you upheld the "reasonable
> expectation" of personal protection and therefore would not be "Held
> liable"(read negligent) in this case should a crime be committed. A better
> analogy would be to say if you left the keys in the ignition and the door
> unlocked and someone then used your vehicle to commit a "Hit and Run" that
> there is a far greater likelihood your actions would be found negligent
and
> you could be held accountable. In other words if you provided easy access
> to the "Weapon" for a third party, then you are as much as fault as the
> person who committed the crime. Hence the potential to be charged as an
> "accomplice" to a murder. Same applies to computers, if you enable "File
and
> Print sharing" and do not take measures to protect yourself, IE a Virus
> scanner and/or (IMO both should be required) personal firewall then
> essentially you have left the keys in the ignition and the doors unlocked.
> Anyone for a joyride?
>
> Ken Claussen MCSE CCNA CCA
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> "The Mind is a Terrible thing to Waste!"
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:59 AM
> To: Young, Beth A.
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> Subject: Re: 3rd party liability Was RE: This is a must read document
>
>
> this is silly position but understandable considering we live in
> most litigitous country in the world.
> this is analogous to saying if you don't have "The Club" on your
> car you are liable if someone steals it and commits a crime.
>
>
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