Reply #41: It's a lesson they should have learned by now... [View All]

[Chan790]

I've read articles posted here for the last three Christmas seasons/"Black Fridays" in a row about people being injured in stampedes at Wal-Marts and other large box-store retailers. How many years in a row does it have to happen before they should have learned that lesson and can/should be held liable?

This death was foreseeable...it's not unreasonable for Wal-mart to be held culpable, criminally and civilly. Frankly, I feel the punitive damages of any resultant lawsuit need to be great enough to actually hurt Walmart...minimally it should seriously hurt their holiday season 2008 profits. (So yes, I want to give Mr. Damour's family >$500M. Let the Walton heirs feel actual pain and this will never happen again.)

As for the individual shoppers...we charge rioters too. Individuals in a mob do not cease to be responsible for their personal conduct simply because they're part of a mob.