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Dang now they are bringing out the big guns!
DUCKTAPE!!!! Gotta runn fasst......run Forrest run! Shoot, tripped over that dang bike I didn't see. Was not painted brightly enough or labeled correctly either. Said for ages 3 -6....

OSHA covers the employees, not the customers.

wow reaper - been hanging out with a lawyer? :p

I remember about 5 years ago having a discussion with a well known island dive shop owner about Belize and liability laws. He told me that if a frivolous lawsuit is brought to court the judge can throw it out and the court cost is charged to the filing party. Any Belizeans out there know what happens now in a frivolous claim???

reaper, I see. Hmmm, One would think that there would be something that could be done (as in some agency) as far as making places (restaurants, hotels, etc. as far as service oriented)comply to customer service and customer safety. Oh yeah, good old common sense! (there goes Pollyanna again!) Wow, what a novel idea!
But I know that does not happen. Least in my world. I think somewhere on Pluto it does exist though. Wait, forgot, Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Maybe OZ?

so would the judge have the sole authority to determine whether the suit was "frivolous"?

Hey Law, I do agree that the press makes some lawsuits seem dumber than they really are, especially the McD case, which actually proved how dumb corporations can be. I would also point out that "Borat" has also fooled people like Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN Secretary General, who Cohen, as Ali G, addressed as Boutros-Boutros-Boutros and persuaded to identify the funniest-sounding language...I think Boutros-Ghali said it was French. And my husband hates lawyers too, even though he doesn't do anywhere near that many chores. Happy Weekend.

Law...that's my impression from the conversation.

dvgirl...A restaurant is inspected by the health dept. for safe food.
The fire dept. for safe egress, fire protection etc.
the building dept. to make sure it won't fall down in a storm or earthquake.
And OSHA, only if a worker is injured.
So you should feel rather safe in a restaurant!

Safe unless you actually go back in the kitchen and watch the chefs...no disrespect to chefs intended, but it can get kind of interesting.

sea - I like you!

reaper, I would not be in favor of the chilling effect a system like that could have