Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech
by jdeibele on Friday June 11, 2021 @03:50PM
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Welcome to the concept of "joint and several liability". Say you were in a phone booth and a car jumped the curb and ran you over but didn't manage to kill you.
Your attorney would sue the motorist but maybe they don't have insurance. Maybe they borrowed the car - the owner would get sued. The city would get sued because the curb was too low. The gas station would get sued because there weren't protective barriers around the phone booth. The phone company would get sued because the phone booth was too close to traffic. The maker of the phone booth would get sued because it wasn't made properly. And probably other things that I can't think of.
Fortunately for gas stations there basically aren't phone booths anymore. But be careful loaning your car or gun to somebody else.
Your attorney would sue the motorist but maybe they don't have insurance. Maybe they borrowed the car - the owner would get sued. The city would get sued because the curb was too low. The gas station would get sued because there weren't protective barriers around the phone booth. The phone company would get sued because the phone booth was too close to traffic. The maker of the phone booth would get sued because it wasn't made properly. And probably other things that I can't think of.
Fortunately for gas stations there basically aren't phone booths anymore. But be careful loaning your car or gun to somebody else.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/j/joint-and-several-liabi...