Re:GlaxoSmithKline to pay 3B dollars for fraud (2012)
by missedthecue on Monday May 02, 2022 @10:15AM
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If a CSX freight train hits a car on the tracks, killing the driver, the entire company and the tens of thousands of people who get their paycheck there should all cease? That seems like a massive waste of everything.
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Re:GlaxoSmithKline to pay 3B dollars for fraud (2012)
by MisterBastahrd on Monday May 02, 2022 @10:45AM
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There's a difference between human error and a criminal campaign to defraud people. GSK should not exist anymore in its current form. It should have been chopped into bits and sold for spare parts.
Re:GlaxoSmithKline to pay 3B dollars for fraud (2012)
by missedthecue on Monday May 02, 2022 @01:10PM
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But the parent comment said manslaughter. Killing another human in a traffic accident is manslaughter.
Re:GlaxoSmithKline to pay 3B dollars for fraud (2012)
by jokethrowaway on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @03:57AM
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I wouldn't say so. This sounds like an accident and I don't think there was intent.
If there was intent I would also say it's intent on the part of the driver (pending a mental health examination) and not on part of the company.
If the company instructed the driver to hit a car on the tracks they would be a criminal organisation and they should cease to exist.
In the case of GSK they committed fraud by lying to their customers. It's not intentionally killing someone but it's definitely endangering lives and it should cost more than 3B