In article >, cathy1234
@mailinator.com says...
> Peter A wrote:
> > In article >, cathy1234
> > @mailinator.com says...
> >>> Suppose you went to a hardware store and asked for 1000 pound cable
> >>> and they sold you 250 pound cable, and as a result someone was killed.
> >>> Should you have checked?
> >>>
> >> Yes. It's called "taking responsibility for your own actions".
> >>
> >>
> >
> > That applies to the hardware store as well as to the buyer.
> >
> > Will you please explain why an individual must be responsible for his
> > own actions while a business does not?
>
> As usual, you missed the point completely. Shit happens. People working
> for businesses make mistakes (not the businesses themselves). If I was
> "critically allergic" to cheese, I wouldn't care if the Creator of the
> Universe himself told me it didn't contain cheese. I'd check.
>
>

Chatty, you are a sweet lady but but you are totally clueless.

It's an accepted point of law, for ages, that a business is responsible
for mistakes that its employees make. There is no difference between an
employee and the "business itself." The employee represents the business
and therefore his/her actions are legally actions of the business.


--
Peter Aitken