On Feb 4, 4:32*pm, Jim Stewart wrote:
Larry Dighera wrote:
$25,870 seems like a paltry slap on the wrist for three deaths, but I
suppose the victims' families will likely demand substantially more.

Don't count on it.

IANAL, but from what I've heard, *worker's
compensation insurance is often the "exclusive
remedy" allowed for workplace injuries.

What types of torts are available will be dependent on the
jurisdiction. However, any business has a duty to "inspect and warn"
of dangers on the property. Perhaps a negligence could be established
if the management knew of the dangers and did not "inspection" (i.e.
manage it) and "warn" (post warning signs).
However, in life, crap happens too. Sometimes people die and others
get hurt and it isn't anyone's fault. Its a flaw in our modern system
of jurisprudence that we assume that there must be a fault when there
is an injury.

-Robert