In message <nbenipnmgoglomnalfjleenecmaa.rwell...@wellman.com>, dated Mon, 12 May 2008, Ronald R. Wellman <rwell...@wellman.com> writes:
>People who are intererested in how management responsibility is viewed >by the U.S. government might want to read up on the U.S. Supreme Court >ruling of the United States versus Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975). This is >where an executive was found guilty under strict liability for selling >unsanitary food even though he knew nothing about the contaminated food. Sound like an example of the law being 'a ass'. But maybe he SHOULD have know, so that his lack of knowledge was culpably negligent? -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Murphy's Law has now been officially re-named The Certainty Principle John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
