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  1. Newsgroups: rec.railroad
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!bony1!billg
  3. From: billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp)
  4. Subject: Re: Deaths on Railroad Property: common sense or am I an Idiot?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec24.153427.15742@bony1.bony.com>
  6. Organization: LA&W RR
  7. References: <1992Dec23.162343.29221@stsci.edu> <Bzq4B6.JHA@chinet.chi.il.us> <92358.151109CSS3@psuvm.psu.edu>
  8. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 15:34:27 GMT
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  11. In article <92358.151109CSS3@psuvm.psu.edu> <CSS3@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
  12.  
  13. > what responsibility does a RR have to
  14. > pay for the suffering and injuries of those injured on its property in cases
  15. > where the RR seemingly did nothing to cause the accident other than merely
  16. > being in the RR business.
  17.  
  18. A related thread, although not involving RRing:  Liz Holtzman, NY State
  19. Representatinve(?) is proposing legislation which would make firearms
  20. manufactures responsible for crimes committed with illegal weapons.
  21.  
  22. I can see it now, "Hello GM, my car was totalled by a stolen Chevy.  I'm
  23. sending you the bill."
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