So Cellar, your answer is that nobody should be held responsible for their actions. Private citizen or public company.
Edit: I had deleted my post before reading your response.
I didn't besmirch anybody's memory by what I said and am reposting it.
If you want to hide by wrapping yourself up in the hyperpatriotism that is fine, but don't accuse me of slandering dead people.
I only pointed out the fallacy of your argument about personal responsibility and blaming the victims.
You really should read that request for discovery though. It is quite interesting. The Port Authority who were responsible for keeping the buildings safe are trying to shift the blame to the Government and to the Airlines who owned the jets.
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So you think businesses should not be sued for damages caused by their actions under any circumstances Celler?
If you think the article I quoted there was weird try reading this one.
http://www.sept11tortlitigation.com/pdf/PANYNJWTC7_Memo_Support_Focused_Discovery_Govt.pdfIf you do read it keep in mind that the Port Authority was named in the suite and is doing their best to place the blame on somebody else.
This is one of the reasons lawyers say sue everybody in sight and let them fight over it. Quite often the defendants will convict each other as they try to avoid their own responsibility.
Of course, by your guy's reasoning, the only people responsible for people getting killed in the WTC Towers were the victims foolish enough to work there. They all knew the place was a target and it was not the first time it was attacked either.
By your argument they should be expected to cowboy up and accept their responsibility for their own deaths which they invited by going there.
However even the most dedicated libertarian would find that position far too politically incorrect to defend.
Now about the wet floor analogy. It is not the same thing because the person didn't misuse the floor by walking on it and cost somebody else money. The result is nobody is suing for the damages the person falling cost them. Maybe the fire department should consider it though, now that you pointed it out.
However. If the store had a floor that got slippery when wet and did nothing about it they are indeed liable for a person's injuries if they slip and fall.
Even putting a slippery when wet sign out ahead of time might not protect them from a legal action if it can be shown they should have expected the sign to be ignored.
About whether the legal system is sane or not I will not comment. It is the American system and that is how your country works.
I would only add that in a lot of countries corporations face much stiffer laws regarding responsibility for their actions than they do in the USA.