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From: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.mail
Subject: Re: Liability in the Information Age (InfoWorld, 86/8/18)
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Date: Sun, 31-Aug-86 09:17:31 EDT
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Organization: The Boston Software Works Inc., Maynard, MA
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Keywords: lobster fishermen NOAA weather forecast verdict appeal
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In article <3890@ut-ngp.UUCP> werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>InfoWorld of 86/8/18 contains a feature article written by Alice LaPlante ...
>
>In it she describes how some people try to protect themselves from legal
>hassles, describes some (relatively) famous court cases (bad credit rating
>due to incorrect SSN# - plaintiff won; 4 lobster-fishermen drowning due to bad
>weather-forecast - US govmt was held responsible;  ...

The fishermen/weather service verdict was recently overturned on appeal.
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