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1000thusername t1_ixfuefa wrote

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

Apple isn’t responsible. That does mean they won’t try to shake them down, but they’re not responsible.

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hce692 t1_ixg4xm7 wrote

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

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techiemikey t1_ixhu9xb wrote

> 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.

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HistoricalBridge7 t1_ixgfx97 wrote

I’d argue that having an add glass store front where cars can easily drive through makes apple responsible. I understand it looks modern and well designed but of they had a half wall or more support beams maybe the far wouldn’t have been able to kill someone and hurt so many people. I’m not lawyer but that would be my argument. No idea if that would even work.

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rockdude t1_ixhtjrx wrote

Apple should be responsible for providing coverage for any an all Med expenses

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