Comments on: Eight-Year-Old Boy Killed at Baseball Field With Faulty Wiring http://jonathanturley.org/2008/10/10/eight-year-old-boy-killed-at-baseball-field-with-faulty-wiring/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:01:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: steadycat http://jonathanturley.org/2008/10/10/eight-year-old-boy-killed-at-baseball-field-with-faulty-wiring/#comment-26028 steadycat Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:02:04 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4484#comment-26028 How sad for the family. The city needs to accept their responsibility. They in turn can punish the people that did the shoddy work. (purely an opinion) How sad for the family. The city needs to accept their responsibility. They in turn can punish the people that did the shoddy work. (purely an opinion)

]]> By: Patty C http://jonathanturley.org/2008/10/10/eight-year-old-boy-killed-at-baseball-field-with-faulty-wiring/#comment-26003 Patty C Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:05:33 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4484#comment-26003 What an awful story. I agree, mespo. I am no electricity expert, but as I understand it the City owns the box and the problem originated with a part inside the box. Flouresco was responsible for the quality of the workmanship and the City is responsible, ultimately, for assuring public safety, foremost, and any inspection and future maintenance, by extension. Where was Code Enforcement on this one? You gotta have a permit last time I checked! What an awful story. I agree, mespo.

I am no electricity expert, but as I understand it the City owns the box and the problem originated with a part inside the box. Flouresco was responsible for the quality of the workmanship and the City is responsible, ultimately, for assuring public safety, foremost, and any inspection and future maintenance, by extension.

Where was Code Enforcement on this one? You gotta have a permit last time I checked!

]]> By: mespo727272 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/10/10/eight-year-old-boy-killed-at-baseball-field-with-faulty-wiring/#comment-25989 mespo727272 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:06:40 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4484#comment-25989 JT: This tragedy was completely avoidable had the companies involved merely complied with local and state electrical codes. The City bears equal responsibility when it holds out recreation areas knowing full well that children are encouraged to frequent them. I think the case lies in nuisance and negligence, and (even in Virginia) with the notions of strict liability because of the ultra-hazardous nature of the management of electricity. I would have no tredipidation taking this case had it arisen here especially given that this State's largest verdict (over 20 million dollars) involved a child severly injured by exposure to unprotected electrical conduits. Juries have no problem determining cause or assessing blame when a child is involved. JT:

This tragedy was completely avoidable had the companies involved merely complied with local and state electrical codes. The City bears equal responsibility when it holds out recreation areas knowing full well that children are encouraged to frequent them. I think the case lies in nuisance and negligence, and (even in Virginia) with the notions of strict liability because of the ultra-hazardous nature of the management of electricity. I would have no tredipidation taking this case had it arisen here especially given that this State’s largest verdict (over 20 million dollars) involved a child severly injured by exposure to unprotected electrical conduits. Juries have no problem determining cause or assessing blame when a child is involved.

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