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Snippy


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Rule book way:

1. Shit
2. Wipe Good
3. Wash hands real good
3. Make samiches

Jimmie John's of Valparaiso way:

1. Shit
2. Wipe Good
3. Make samiches

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Calvin wrote:
Cy Valley wrote:

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/porter/9933828-418/train-crash-responders-sick-likely-from-food-they-were-served.html

 From the story:

Meanwhile, a Chicago law firm already is advertising, via the Internet, that it is searching for anyone injured by chemical exposure or whose property was damaged in the crash, for a potential lawsuit.

Calvin sez:

Fawwkin glad I'm not the Hawg on the Freight train that rear-ended the Ethanol train and started the whole fiasco. Looks like someone(s) have figgured out theres some money ta be made.

 

 Fortunately nobody was killed. Pretty amazing from looking at the pics and vids. However, what if the crew on the passing Q161 had been killed. Could the engineer that was on Q395 be charged with manslaughter?



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YardSlug wrote:
Could the engineer that was on Q395 be charged with manslaughter?

Probably. It would depend on what level of his professional duties and standards of performance that the authorities decided he breached. Manslaughter is a very broad category of 'murder' without malice aforethought. Negligent homicide is another charge if the breach of duty could be seen as a heinous, unconscienable breach of the public trust which caused a death. 

As pure speculation unrelated to this wreck, dozing off at the controls during the golden hours may be manslaughter, distraction while using an electronic device would probably be at least negligent homicide.



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