just another litigious orgy

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by breakingnews

I frequently take issue with Americans who feel that any type of adversity is immediately someone else's fault.
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So facility managers can no longer just be concerned about icy sidewalks? You must be aware and accomodating to the mere presence of a person on your property?

Um, kicking someone off of public property is a deliberate action. An icy sidewalk is negligence at worst. You don't have to be "aware and accomodating" of someone in order to not kick them out. There may be a legitimate public interest in preventing homeless people from sitting on public benches, but I don't see the particular connection you're trying to make.

I don't like that a porn shop opened up 50 feet from my apartment building. Can I sue because it draws a less-desireable crowd to my neighborhood? Because it's open 24 hours a day and is a magnet for crime and drug trafficking? (It is, in fact, noticeably so.) After all, the last time I checked, my street is public property, and while the physical buildings are likely privately owned, the porn shop's glowing neon sign makes it part of the public domain.

What? Are you trying to draw a parallel here? If the porn shop is the homeless guy, then by analogy you can't sue to kick the porn shop off the street. So that's one less lawsuit.

Of course it did.

Well, medical bills are the leading cause of bankrupcy in the US. I have no idea whether that is the reason he's homeless, but it certainly could be.