On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:43:40 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavidsmith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>
>> >If the state thinks there is a problem they have the authority to enact
>> >legislation or to pass regulations to prohibit or to control the practice.
>> >That was not the case, so what the courts are doing with punitive damages
>> >in essentially fining them for something that is not illegal. Perhaps
>> >punitive damages should be limited to cases where the defendant was shown
>> >to have disobeyed the law.
>>
>> um, it's illegal to maim people with your products?
>
>Good point. If the person at the takeout window had reached in and dumped
>hot coffee on the driver's lap your point would apply. The hot coffee case
>was a matter of consumer stupidity.

fine. she was foolish to assume the coffee was safe to drink when she
bought it.

your pal,
blake