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Holiday Madness

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Good morning. It was 58 degrees at 5AM this morning and 60 degrees at 6AM. A Wal Mart temporary employee in Nassau County, NY, was trampled to death on Black Friday shortly after crowds pushed down the doors at 4:55 AM. Crowds had been lining up to get into the Wal Mart as early as 9Pm the night before. The title of the post links to the story. The last line is sure to be a boon for the wrongful death case: "Lieutenant Fleming said that the store ?could have done more? to prevent the melee.?I?ve heard other people call this an accident, but it?s not,? he said. ?This certainly was foreseeable.? "Rumpole says: this is madness. Don't people have anything better to do than leave their Thanksgiving dinner to go stand in line at a store throughout the night just to get in a 5AM and get an extra 10% off some dopey gift? A man lost his life to this greed and excess...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 29, 2008 (boomark / email).