hce692 t1_ixg4xm7 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:37 AM

Reply to comment by 1000thusername in The 17 victims of the Hingham Apple Store crash might have to share a $40,000 insurance payout. by il_biciclista

Apple could absolutely be sued. All safety laws exist because someone died and was sued for it. Especially in a town like hingham where people can afford lawyers, I have no doubt an argument could be made about the negligence of entirely glass walls

techiemikey t1_ixhu9xb wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:40 PM

> All safety laws exist because someone died and was sued for it.

I disagree with "and was sued for it." The "sued and won" is usually a "this was brought up to them as an issue before and they decided to not to address an issue". But safety laws exist because people died and we realized "hey...we shoud fix that.