Weekend stories: lawsuit reforms, play grounds, local bills and Republicans
From this weekend's paper, in no particular order:
- * Inside Scoop covers a local bill to change how the Greensboro City Attorney is appointed. (Second item.) Short version: it ain't moving for the foreseeable future.
- * North Carolina Republicans are getting ready to chose a new chairman. My story talks more about what the next chairman will have to do in terms of rebuilding the party. For more on the latest mud slinging in the race (which I only mention briefly) check out this story from the Legion of Dome.
- * I wrote for Sunday's paper about efforts to change North Carolina's negligence laws. The push comes in large measure from a Greensboro family and lawmakers.
- * So it turns out that some playground equipment is safe from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. but unsafe after school. Click here to find out how.
- * Not from me, but check out this good read from the AP's Gary Robertson on former Gov. Mike Easley's tenuous grasp on his legacy.
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Re contributory negligence: It's an archaic doctrine, and as you note it's also uncommon. 46 states have comparative negligence (under which a 5% contribution to the accident by the injured party reduces the damages by 5%, not 100%) and their economies haven't collapsed. It's hard to argue with a straight face that comparative negligence would harm the North Carolina economy. And it's obviously fairer.
Posted on May 27, 2009 10:13 AM